different between betekenis vs irreducible

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch betekenis, from Middle Dutch betêkenesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??ti??k?n?s/

Noun

betekenis (plural betekenisse)

1. understanding; meaning; content
2. intended effect
3. importance; significance and weight

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch betêkenesse. Equivalent to betekenen (“to mean”) +? -nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??te?.k?.n?s/
• Hyphenation: be?te?ke?nis

Noun

betekenis f (plural betekenissen, diminutive betekenisje n)

1. meaning

2. significance, importance

Synonyms

• bet.

Derived terms

• betekenisloos
• betekenisveld

Descendants

• Afrikaans: betekenis

English

Etymology

ir- +? reducible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????dju?s?b?l/

Adjective

irreducible (comparative more irreducible, superlative most irreducible)

1. Not able to be reduced or lessened.

   Antonym: unincreasable

2. Not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form.
3. (mathematics, of a polynomial) Unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x² + 1).
4. (number theory, of a fraction) Whose numerator and denominator share no common factor greater than 1.
5. (number theory, of an integer) Unable to be factored into smaller integers; prime.
6. (algebra, of an element of a ring) that its only divisors are units and associates.
7. (topology, of a manifold) Not containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
8. (group theory, of a representation) Impossible to divide further into representations of lower dimension by means of any similarity transformation.

Antonyms

• reducible

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

irreducible (plural irreducibles)

1. (mathematics) Such a polynomial