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irreducible

/ir-i-doo-suh-buhl, -dyoo-/US // ˌɪr ɪˈdu sə bəl, -ˈdyu- //UK // (ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪbəl) //

不可复制的,不可还原的,不可复制,不可还原

Related Words

exclusive独家,独占,专属,独占的clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理remaining剩余的,剩余,剩下的,剩余部分final最终,最后,决赛,最后的excluding不包括,不包括在内,不包括在内的,不包括的pure纯粹的,纯粹,纯净的,纯净undeductible不扣减的,不予赔偿,不予扣除,不免税的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further: the irreducible minimum.
    • : incapable of being brought into a different condition or form.
    • : Mathematics. of or relating to a polynomial that cannot be factored.of or relating to a group that cannot be written as the direct product of two of its subgroups.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理excluding不包括,不包括在内,不包括在内的,不包括的exclusive独家,独占,专属,独占的final最终,最后,决赛,最后的remaining剩余的,剩余,剩下的,剩余部分after deductions扣减后,扣除后,扣除费用后,扣除之后after taxes税后,税收后,税后的,纳税后pure纯粹的,纯粹,纯净的,纯净take-home带回家,带回家的,拿回家,带回家去undeductible不扣减的,不予赔偿,不予扣除,不免税的

Examples

  • The qualia that compose conscious experiences are irreducible, incapable of being mapped onto anything else.

  • But breakfast was practically over, and the need for beating a further retreat was thus reduced to an irreducible minimum.

  • You know, to men like your father convictions are irreducible elements—they can't be split up, and differently combined.

  • There was one peculiarly stubborn and irreducible class of facts which he took up and gave much thought to during this period.

  • The logic is unimpeachable, and points to irreducible pleasures and pains as the standard of valuation.

  • What wonder, then, if he should sometimes make mistakes, and that some inconsistencies remain at last irreducible?

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