Irreducible



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.不能分解成因子的
• ［类］ 反义词: factorable ( 能分解成因子的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Date: 1633
• 1. impossible to transform into or restore to a desired or simpler condition <an irreducible matrix>; specifically incapable of being factored into polynomials of lower degree with coefficients in some given field (as the rational numbers) or integral domain (as the integers) <an irreducible equation>
• 2. impossible to make less or smaller <an irreducible minimum>
• ? irreducibility noun
• ? irreducibly adverb

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