transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌir-i-ˈdü-sə-bəl, -ˈdyü- ]
adjective
Date: 1633
1. : impossible to transform into or restore to a desired or simpler condition
an irreducible matrix
specifically : incapable of being factored into polynomials of lower degree with coefficients in some given field (as the rational numbers) or integral domain (as the integers)
an irreducible equation
2. : impossible to make less or smaller
an irreducible minimum
• ir·re·duc·ibil·i·ty -ˌdü-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -ˌdyü- noun
• ir·re·duc·ibly -ˈdü-sə-blē, -ˈdyü- adverb