conducible

English

Etymology

From Latin condūcibilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈdjuːsɪbəl/, /kənˈduːsɪbəl/

Adjective

conducible (comparative more conducible, superlative most conducible)

  1. (obsolete) conducive; tending; contributing
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      To both , the medium , which is the most propitious and conducible , is air , for glass or water , &c. are not comparable
  2. (mathematics) Able to be decomposed into a direct sum of ideals, such that each ideal corresponds to a certain structure or property.
    • 2011, Hans Freudenthal, H. de Vries, Linear Lie Groups, page 185:
      If G (G) is conducible, then R splits directly into a sum of linear subspaces on which G(G) acts irreducibly.

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