reversible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/
Etymology
Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Able to be reversed.
[…] the Welwyn bottleneck will be relaid with high-speed turnouts and resignalled for reversible working.
1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322:
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(not-comparable, of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
That boy, Louis, is in his way a masterpiece. Do you know, every article of clothing that he wears is reversible, so that he can present quite a different appearance at the shortest notice!
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- (not-comparable, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- (not-comparable, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (not-comparable) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (not-comparable) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
Antonyms
Deriveds
photoreversible · bioreversible · quasireversible · reversibleness · nonreversible · reversibility · endoreversible · reversibly · pseudoreversible · thermoreversible · bireversible · unreversible · microreversible · irreversible
Translations (34)
fr réversible (able to be reversed) · nb vendbar (able to be reversed) · fr réversible (clothing that can be worn inside out) · es reversible (able to be reversed) · ka უკუქცევადი (able to be reversed) · de wendbar (clothing that can be worn inside out) · ro reversibil (able to be reversed) · nb reversibel (able to be reversed) · pl odwołalny (clothing that can be worn inside out) · el αναστρέψιμος (able to be reversed) · sv vändbar (clothing that can be worn inside out) · nb vendbar (clothing that can be worn inside out) · nb reverserbar (able to be reversed) · nl omkeerbaar (able to be reversed) · ka შექცევადი (able to be reversed) · fi käännettävä (able to be reversed) · de reversibel (able to be reversed) · el αναιρέσιμος (able to be reversed) · bg с две лица (clothing that can be worn inside out) · ca reversible (able to be reversed) · bg обратим (able to be reversed) · de doppelseitig (clothing that can be worn inside out) · nb reverserbar (able to be reversed) · cy dwyffordd (able to be reversed) · cs vratný (able to be reversed) · ka შექცევითი (able to be reversed) · nb vendbar (able to be reversed) · pl odwracalny (able to be reversed) · fi kääntyvä (able to be reversed) · tr tersinir (capable of proceeding in either direction) · cy cildroadwy (able to be reversed) · nb reversibel (able to be reversed) · nn vendbar (clothing that can be worn inside out) · cy dwyffordd (capable of proceeding in either direction)