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irreducible (iou)



irreducible adjective. M17.
[from IR-2 + REDUCIBLE.]
Unable to be brought to or to a desired form, state, condition, etc. M17.
H. Hallam The fashions of dress and amusements are generally capricious and irreducible to rule.
b. spec. Unable to be reduced to a simpler or more intelligible form; unable to be resolved into elements or brought under any recognized principle. M19.
Medicine. Esp. of a hernia: whose contents cannot be returned to the normal position by other than surgical treatment. M19.
Unable to be reduced to a smaller number or amount; the fewest or smallest possible. M19.
R. D. Laing The irreducible elements of psychotherapy are a therapist, a patient, and a regular..time and place.
Unable to be reduced to submission; invincible, insuperable. M19.
,irreduci'bility noun L18.
irreducibleness noun E19.
irreducibly adverb M19.