irreducible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective incapable of being made smaller or simpler
    • an irreducible minimum
    • an irreducible formula
    • an irreducible hernia

WordNet

Ir`re*du"ci*ble adjective
Definitions
  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. -- Ir`re*du"ci*ble*ness, n. -- -- Ir`re*du"ci*bly, adv.

Webster 1913