irreducible

/ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsəbəl/
adjective
  1. Impossible to make smaller, simpler, or less complex.
    • After many attempts, the puzzle remained irreducible to a simpler form.
    • The scientist argued that some basic laws of physics are irreducible.
    • The artist believed that beauty is an irreducible quality of the human experience.
  2. In mathematics, unable to be factored or simplified into smaller parts.
    • The polynomial was irreducible over the real numbers.
    • The theorem applies only to irreducible matrices.
    • Students learned to identify irreducible fractions in class.
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