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Webster 1913 Edition
Reducible
Re-du′ci-ble
(-s?-b’ll)
, Adj.
Capable of being reduced.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reducible
REDU'CIBLE
,Adj.
All the parts of painting are reducible into these mentioned by the author.
Definition 2024
reducible
reducible
English
Adjective
reducible (comparative more reducible, superlative most reducible)
- Capable of being reduced.
- (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as .
- (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
- (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- many-one reducible
- one-one reducible
- reducibility
Translations
capable of being reduced
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able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree
able to be factored into smaller integers; composite
containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball