Definition for IR-RE-DU'CI-BLE

IR-RE-DU'CI-BLE, a. [in and reducible.]

  1. Not to be reduced; that can not be brought back to a former state.
  2. That can not be reduced or changed to a different state; as, corpuscles of air irreducible into water. Boyle.

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