Irreducibleness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irreducible \Ir`re*du"ci*ble\, a.
     1. Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different
        state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal
        condition; as, an irreducible hernia.
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     2. (Math.) Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of
        expression; as, an irreducible formula.
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     {Irreducible case} (Alg.), a particular case in the solution
        of a cubic equation, in which the formula commonly
        employed contains an imaginary quantity, and therefore
        fails in its application. -- {Ir`re*du"ci*ble*ness}, n. --
        -- {Ir`re*du"ci*bly}, adv.
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