"irreducibility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: irreducibilities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} irreducibility (countable and uncountable, plural irreducibilities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-irreducibility-en-noun-p7UupWjs Disambiguation of Mathematics: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (countable) Something that is irreducible. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-irreducibility-en-noun-LOtAzlY8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Abel's irreducibility theorem

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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