Definition of Reversible process

1. Noun. Any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed.

Generic synonyms: Physical Process, Process
Antonyms: Irreversible Process

Medical Definition of Reversible process

1. A cyclic process carried out by a hypothetical pathway, which leaves the universe exactly the same as it was before the process, no real process is reversible. For chemical systems we consider a process at equilibrium to be reversible. Examples are phase transitions that occur at the melting point or boiling point temperatures at 1 atm pressure. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversible Process

reverse transcription
reverse transcriptons
reverse Trendelenburg position
reversi
reversibilities
reversibility
reversible
reversible
reversibles
reversible calcinosis
reversible colloid
reversible decortication
reversible hydrocolloid
reversible hydrogenase
reversible process (current term)
reversible process (current term)
reversible reaction
reversible shock
reversibly
reversing
reversing thermometer
reversion
reversion
reversional
reversionary
reversionary annuity
reversioner
reversioners
reversionist
reversions

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