irreducible
not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further: the irreducible minimum.
incapable of being brought into a different condition or form.
Mathematics.
of or relating to a polynomial that cannot be factored.
of or relating to a group that cannot be written as the direct product of two of its subgroups.
Origin of irreducible
1Other words from irreducible
- ir·re·duc·i·bil·i·ty, ir·re·duc·i·ble·ness, noun
- ir·re·duc·i·bly, adverb
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How to use irreducible in a sentence
Climate and weather patterns are driven by an irreducible web of interactions across a variety of planet-wide systems.
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The 10 best books of 2021 | Washington Post Editors and Reviewers | November 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe qualia that compose conscious experiences are irreducible, incapable of being mapped onto anything else.
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The Angel of Pain | E. F. Benson
You know, to men like your father convictions are irreducible elements—they can't be split up, and differently combined.
Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith WhartonThere was one peculiarly stubborn and irreducible class of facts which he took up and gave much thought to during this period.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 | William JamesThe logic is unimpeachable, and points to irreducible pleasures and pains as the standard of valuation.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyWhat wonder, then, if he should sometimes make mistakes, and that some inconsistencies remain at last irreducible?
British Dictionary definitions for irreducible
/ (ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪbəl) /
not able to be reduced or lessened
not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form
maths
(of a polynomial) unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x ² + 1)
(of a radical) incapable of being reduced to a rational expression, as √(x + 1)
Derived forms of irreducible
- irreducibility or irreducibleness, noun
- irreducibly, adverb
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