irreversible

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/ UK /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #23096

Meanings

1

adj
incapable of being reversed

Irreversible momentum toward revolution.
2

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

An irreversible engine.
3

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Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.

An irreversible sentence or decree.
4

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

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Word family

Derived forms irreversiblenessirreversiblythermoirreversible

Related forms irreversibility

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Phrases (1)

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irreversible process
a sequence of changes that cannot be undone to restore the original state

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From ir- + reversible.

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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