Associations to the word «Reducible»

Wiktionary

REDUCIBLE, adjective. Capable of being reduced.
REDUCIBLE, adjective. (mathematics) (of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as \(x^2-1\).
REDUCIBLE, adjective. (mathematics) (of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
REDUCIBLE, adjective. (topology) (of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

Dictionary definition

REDUCIBLE, adjective. Capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley