irreversible
See also: irréversible
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ir- + reversible.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
irreversible (not comparable)
- Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.
- 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- Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
incapable of being reversed
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incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ir- + reversible.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /i.rə.vəɾˈsi.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /i.rə.bərˈsi.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.re.veɾˈsi.ble/
AdjectiveEdit
irreversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)
Further readingEdit
- “irreversible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
AdjectiveEdit
irreversible
Norwegian NynorskEdit
AdjectiveEdit
irreversible
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ir- + reversible.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
irreversible (plural irreversibles)
- irreversible (not able to be reversed)
- Antonym: reversible
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “irreversible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014