See irreversibility in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "1911, Power, Hill Pub. Co., page 171,\nBut because of irreversibilities in the engine, all of this theoretical conversion is not realized and some internal energy remains in the steam exhausting from the engine."
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