how to pronounce irreducible

/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdʒuː.sə.bəl/

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An example use of irreducible in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… exhibit irreducible emergent behavior …”

meanings of irreducible

adjective:

Unable to be factored into smaller integers; prime.
Whose numerator and denominator share no common factor greater than 1.
Unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x^2 + 1).
That its only divisors are units and associates.
Not able to be reduced or lessened.
Impossible to divide further into representations of lower dimension by means of any similarity transformation.
Not containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
Not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form.

noun:

Such a polynomial.

irreducible frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word irreducible occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics irreducible can be related to

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