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Definition of Reversible

1. Noun. A garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing).

2. Adjective. Capable of reversing or being reversed. "Reversible hypertension"

3. Adjective. Capable of being reversed or used with either side out. "A reversible jacket"

4. Adjective. Capable of being reversed. "A reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated"

5. Adjective. Capable of assuming or producing either of two states. "A reversible cell"

Definition of Reversible

1. a. Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Definition of Reversible

1. Adjective. able to be reversed ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of clothing) able to be worn inside out ¹

3. Adjective. (chemistry) (''of a chemical reaction'') capable of proceeding in either direction ¹

4. Adjective. (physics) (''of a phase change'') capable of returning to the original state ¹

5. Adjective. (thermodynamics) capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reversible

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Reversible

1. Capable of going through a series of changes in either direction, forward or backward, as a reversible chemical reaction. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversible

reversed paradoxical pulse reversed peristalsis reversed phase chromatography reversed reciprocal rhythm reversed shunt reversedly reverseless reversely reverser reversers

reverses reversi reversibilities reversibility reversible (current term) reversible calcinosis reversible colloid reversible decortication reversible hydrocolloid reversible hydrogenase

reversible process reversible reaction reversible shock reversibles reversibly reversine reversing reversing thermometer reversion

Literary usage of Reversible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"EQUILIBRIUM AND REVERSIBILITY Although the great majority of the reactions catalysed by enzymes are known to be reversible, it is a matter of, at any rate, ..."

2. A Textbook of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"The significance of this statement will be appreciated better when we apply the law to reversible heat engines. Being a negative statement, ..."

3. A Text-book of Physics: Heat by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"The significance of this statement will be appreciated better when we apply the law to reversible heat engines. Being a negative statement, ..."

4. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1910)
"An engine performing Carnot's Cycle of operations is one example of a reversible engine. The idea of thermodynamic reversibility in the sense here defined ..."

5. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1898)
"reversible process. — Consider a material system in a state of equilibrium under the action of ... Such a thermal process is called a reversible process. ..."

6. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1896)
"reversible processes. — If a material system be carried slowly through a series ... Such a process is called a reversible process. reversible processes are ..."

7. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1894)
"reversible engine. An engine in which this is possible is called, from the thermodynamic point of view, a reversible engine. In other words, a reversible ..."

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