irreversible

See also: irréversible

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From ir- +‎ reversible.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/

AdjectiveEdit

irreversible (not comparable)

  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 Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.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
    • 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.
  3. (thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ir- +‎ reversible.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)

  1. irreversible

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

irreversible

  1. definite singular/plural of irreversibel

Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

irreversible

  1. definite singular/plural of irreversibel

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ir- +‎ reversible.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /irebeɾˈsible/ [i.re.β̞eɾˈsi.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: i‧rre‧ver‧si‧ble

AdjectiveEdit

irreversible (plural irreversibles)

  1. irreversible (not able to be reversed)
    Antonym: reversible

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