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Irreducible — may be used to refer to many different things.* In mathematics, the term irreducible is used in many different, unrelated fields; its use often follows from the denotative meaning of the word irreducible . *irreducible (philosophy) * Irreducible… … Wikipedia
Irreducible — Ir re*du ci*ble, a. 1. Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
irreducible — Que no se puede hacer volver a su posición o estado normales, como la hernia irreducible. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
irreducible — index certain (positive), complex, inextricable, net, simple, succinct Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
irreducible — → irreductible … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
irreducible — o irreductible adjetivo incontrastable, pertinaz, tenaz, porfiado, terco … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
irreducible — (adj.) 1530s, from assimilated form of IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + REDUCIBLE (Cf. reducible). Related: Irreducibly; irreducibility … Etymology dictionary
irreducible — meaning ‘that cannot be reduced’, is spelt ible, not able. See able, ible … Modern English usage
irreducible — adj. Que no se puede reducir … Diccionario de la lengua española
irreducible — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able to be reduced or simplified. DERIVATIVES irreducibly adverb … English terms dictionary
irreducible — [ir΄i do͞os′ə bəl, ir΄idyo͞os′ə bəl] adj. that cannot be reduced irreducibility n. irreducibly adv … English World dictionary
