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1. a. Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia.
2. a. Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula.
3. adj. incapable of being made smaller or simpler
4. 1. Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia. 2. (Math.) Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula. Irreducible case (Alg.), a particular case in the solution of a cubic equation, in which the formula commonly employed contains an imaginary quantity, and therefore fails in its application. -- Ir`re*du"ci*ble*ness, n. -- -- Ir`re*du"ci*bly, adv.
5. Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as,an irreducible formula. Irreducible case (Alg.), a particular case inthe solution of a cubic equation, in which the formula commonlyemployed contains an imaginary quantity, and therefore fails in itsapplication.-- Ir`re*du"ci*ble*ness, n.-- -- Ir`re*du"ci*bly, adv.
6. j:100 a. incapable of being made smaller or simpler