irreducible (redirected from irreducibly)

irreducible /ir·re·duc·i·ble/ (ir?i-doo´si-b'l) not susceptible to reduction, as a fracture, hernia, or chemical substance.

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ir·re·duc·i·ble (r-ds-bl)

adj.

1. Impossible to reduce to a desired, simpler, or smaller form or amount.

2. Incapable of being made chemically simpler, or of being replaced, hydrogenated, or reduced in positive charge.

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irre·duci·bili·ty n.

irre·duci·bly adv.

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irreducible

not susceptible to reduction, as a fracture, hernia or chemical substance.