Associations to the word «Reducible»
Noun
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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.