reducible (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *reducible*:
ADJECTIVE	all	reducible	capable of being reduced

reducible > pronunciation
Sounds	rahduw'sahbahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *reducible*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	capable of being reduced.
Example	"reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson
Opposite	irreducible	incapable of being made smaller or simpler
Spanish	reducible, reductible
Catalan	reductible
Verbs	reduce	make smaller
	reduce	make less complex
	reduce	be the essential element
	reduce	simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

HyperDic: reducible