reducible
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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.
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Translations
capable of being reduced
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able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree
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containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reduˈθible/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reduˈsible/
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: re‧du‧ci‧ble
Adjective
reducible m or f (masculine and feminine plural reducibles)
- reducible
- Antonym: irreducible
Further reading
- “reducible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10