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Pronunciation / Transliteration: reðuˈsible
"El costo total es reducible si optimizamos el proceso."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Capable of being reduced, simplified, or converted to a simpler or different form.
"Complex chemical compounds are often reducible to their elemental components." - 2
Able to be solved or accounted for by a simpler set of principles or causes.
"The philosophical problem is not entirely reducible to mere biological impulses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Middle English word 'reducibilis', originating from the Latin 'reducere' (to lead back, bring back, or reduce). Over centuries, the suffix '-ible' was added to denote capability or possibility, shifting the semantic focus to anything capable of being brought to a different, usually smaller or simpler form or state.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Reducible" is said worldwide
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réductible
Transliteration: ʁedyktibl
"Ce problème complexe est réductible à des étapes plus simples."
reduzierbar
Transliteration: ʁeduˈtsiːɐ̯baːɐ̯
"Diese Gleichung ist auf einen einfacheren Ausdruck reduzierbar."
riducibile
Transliteration: riduˈtʃibile
"La frazione è riducibile ai minimi termini."
reducible
Transliteration: reðuˈsible
"El costo total es reducible si optimizamos el proceso."
redutível
Transliteration: ʁeduˈtivɛw
"O problema não é redutível a uma única causa."
कम करने योग्य
Transliteration: kam karne yogya
"यह समीकरण सरल रूप में कम करने योग्य है।"
可约化的
Transliteration: kě yuēhuà de
"这个复杂系统是可以约化的。"
환원 가능한
Transliteration: hwanwon ganeunghan
"이 현상은 더 단순한 요소로 환원 가능하다."
還元可能
Transliteration: kangen kanō
"この方程式はより簡単な形に還元可能である。"
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