REDUCIBLE


Meaning of REDUCIBLE in English

— reducibility, reducibleness , n. — reducibly , adv.

/ri dooh"seuh beuhl, -dyooh"-/ , adj.

1. capable of being reduced.

2. Math.

a. of or pertaining to a polynomial that can be factored into the product of polynomials, each of lower degree.

b. of or pertaining to a group that can be written as the direct product of two of its subgroups.

c. of or pertaining to a set whose set of accumulation points is countable.

[ 1400-50; late ME; see REDUCE, -IBLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .