— 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 ]