irreversible

English

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Etymology

ir- +‎ reversible

Adjective

irreversible (comparative more irreversible, superlative most irreversible)

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

   an irreversible engine

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 Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.

   an irreversible sentence or decree

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

Translations

incapable of being reversed

• Czech: nevratný (cs) m
• Dutch: onomkeerbaar (nl)
• Finnish: peruuttamaton (fi)
• French: irréversible (fr)
• German: irreversibel (de), unumkehrbar (de)

• Japanese: 不可逆 (ja) (fukagyaku)
• Manx: neuyantagh cur ergooyl (gv), neuyantagh dy chur er ash (gv)
• Polish: nieodwracalny (pl) m
• Russian: необратимый (ru) (neobratímyj)
• Spanish: irreversible (es)

incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled

• Polish: nieodwołalny (pl) m