Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reducible

/ɹədˈusəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
re-duc-ible
IPA
/ɹədˈusəbəl/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being reduced.

adj

Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.

adj

Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.

adj

Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

Etymology

Etymology tree English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reducible From reduce + -ible.

Inflected Forms

more reducible (comparative) most reducible (superlative)

Derived Forms

autoreducible bioreducible interreducible nonreducible reducibility reducibleness reducibly unreducible

Phrases

Karp-reducible many-one reducible one-one reducible

Antonyms

irreducible increasable

Rhymes With

crucible

Questions

How do you pronounce reducible?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹədˈusəbəl/.
What does reducible mean?
Capable of being reduced.
Where does reducible come from?
Etymology tree English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reducible From reduce + -ible.

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