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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin