"irrep" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irreps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "irrep (plural irreps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "irreducible representation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Barry Simon, Representations of Finite and Compact Groups, page 50",
          "text": "The interesting aspect here is that U₃ is irreducible, even though all irreps over the complexes are one-dimensional because ℤ₄ is abelian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of irreducible representation."
      ],
      "id": "en-irrep-en-noun-1cNPrs~I",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "irreducible",
          "irreducible#English"
        ],
        [
          "representation",
          "representation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) Clipping of irreducible representation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "irrep"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irreps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "irrep (plural irreps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "irreducible representation"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Barry Simon, Representations of Finite and Compact Groups, page 50",
          "text": "The interesting aspect here is that U₃ is irreducible, even though all irreps over the complexes are one-dimensional because ℤ₄ is abelian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of irreducible representation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "irreducible",
          "irreducible#English"
        ],
        [
          "representation",
          "representation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) Clipping of irreducible representation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "irrep"
}