irreversible

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See also: irréversible

English

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Etymology

From ir- +‎ reversible.

Pronunciation

Adjective

irreversible (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
    an irreversible engine
  2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
    an irreversible sentence or decree
    • 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
      Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
  3. (thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From ir- +‎ reversible.

Pronunciation

Adjective

irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)

  1. irreversible

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

irreversible

  1. definite singular/plural of irreversibel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

irreversible

  1. definite singular/plural of irreversibel

Spanish

Etymology

From ir- +‎ reversible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /irebeɾˈsible/
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: i‧rre‧ver‧si‧ble

Adjective

irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)

  1. irreversible (not able to be reversed)
    Antonym: reversible

Derived terms

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