reversible
See also: réversible
English
Etymology
Probably from Middle French.
Adjective
reversible (not comparable)
- Able to be reversed.
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
able to be reversed
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clothing that can be worn inside out
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Catalan
Related terms
Further reading
- “reversible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “reversible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “reversible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “reversible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Spanish
Further reading
- “reversible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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