The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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