irreversible
See also: irréversible
English edit
Etymology edit
From ir- + reversible.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
irreversible (not comparable)
- Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
- an irreversible engine
- Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
- an irreversible sentence or decree
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
- (thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
incapable of being reversed
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incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From ir- + reversible.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [i.rə.βərˈsib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [i.rə.vərˈsib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [i.re.veɾˈsi.ble]
Adjective edit
irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)
Further reading edit
- “irreversible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
irreversible
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
irreversible
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From ir- + reversible.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)
- irreversible (not able to be reversed)
- Antonym: reversible
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “irreversible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014