Associations to the word «Reducible»

Wiktionary

REDUCIBLE, adjective. Capable of being reduced.
REDUCIBLE, adjective. (mathematics) (of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as \(x^2-1\).
REDUCIBLE, adjective. (mathematics) (of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
REDUCIBLE, adjective. (topology) (of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

Dictionary definition

REDUCIBLE, adjective. Capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn