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irreversibly en · ADV

Etymology

From irreversible + -ly or ir- + reversibly.

Meanings

1. In an irreversible manner.
   • But almost always such words are irreversibly established before the objectors learn of their existence, and the objections are hardly more than academic exercises. 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 112:
   • We also perform IR-VIS absorbance measurements and find that the results suggest that during irradiation some of the dye molecules form dimers and trimers and that the polymer host is irreversibly damaged by photooxidation and Norrish type I photocleavage. 2015, Benjamin R. Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja, Hergen Eilers, “Photodegradation and self-healing in a Rhodamine 6G dye and Y₂O₃ nanoparticle-doped polyurethane random laser”, in App. Phys. B, volumes 1-12, pages 1–12:

Forms

Antonyms

reversibly

Translations (24)

pl bezpowrotnie (In an irreversible manner) · pl niepowetowanie (In an irreversible manner) · de unabänderlich (In an irreversible manner) · ka გარდაუვალად (In an irreversible manner) · sv oåterkalleligt (In an irreversible manner) · el αμετάκλητα (In an irreversible manner) · fi pysyvästi (In an irreversible manner) · de irreversibel (In an irreversible manner) · fi peruuttamattomasti (In an irreversible manner) · lv neatgriežami (In an irreversible manner) · ru бесповоротно (In an irreversible manner) · fi kumoamattomasti (In an irreversible manner) · de unwiderruflich (In an irreversible manner) · el χωρίς επιστροφή (In an irreversible manner) · fr irréversiblement (In an irreversible manner) · cs nevratně (In an irreversible manner) · lt negrįžtamai (In an irreversible manner) · da uigenkaldeligt (In an irreversible manner) · sh nepovratno (In an irreversible manner) · pl nieodwracalnie (In an irreversible manner) · hu visszafordíthatatlanul (In an irreversible manner) · it irreversibilmente (In an irreversible manner) · eo senrevene (In an irreversible manner) · de unumkehrbar (In an irreversible manner)