reducible
adjEtymology From reduce + -ible.
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Capable of being reduced.
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Mathematics, Sciences Of a polynomial Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.
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Mathematics, Sciences Of an integer Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
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Mathematics, Sciences, Topology Of a manifold Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
- Antonyms
- irreducible, increasable
- Derived terms
- autoreducible, bioreducible, interreducible, Karp-reducible, many-one reducible, nonreducible, one-one reducible, reducibility, reducibleness, reducibly, unreducible