IRREVERSIBLE

irreversible

(adjective) incapable of being reversed; ā€œirreversible momentum toward revolutionā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

irreversible (not comparable)

Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.

Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.

(thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Source: Wiktionary


Ir`re*vers"i*ble, a.

1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine.

2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree. This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible. Jortin.

Syn.

– Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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