"irreversible" meaning in English

See irreversible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/ [UK], /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irreversible.wav
Etymology: From ir- + reversible. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|reversible|alt1=ir-}} ir- + reversible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} irreversible (not comparable)
  1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled. Tags: not-comparable Translations (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled): неотменим (neotmenim) (Bulgarian), 不可逆轉的 /不可逆转的 (bùkě nìzhuǎn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無可挽回的 /无可挽回的 (wúkě wǎnhuí de) (Chinese Mandarin), 돌이킬 수 없는 (dorikil su eomneun) (Korean), irreversibel (Norwegian Bokmål), irreversibel (Norwegian Nynorsk), nieodwołalny (Polish), irreversível (Portuguese), ditumbalikin (Tagalog)
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  3. (thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Thermodynamics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: irreversibility Translations (incapable of being reversed): անշրջելի (anšrǰeli) (Armenian), неабарача́льны (njeabaračálʹny) (Belarusian), необратим (neobratim) (Bulgarian), irreversible (Catalan), 不可逆 (bùkěnì) (Chinese Mandarin), nevratný (Czech), onomkeerbaar (Dutch), pöördumatu (Estonian), peruuttamaton (Finnish), irréversible (French), შეუქცევადი (šeukcevadi) (Georgian), გამოუსწორებადი (gamousc̣orebadi) (Georgian), irreversibel (German), unumkehrbar (German), αδιάστρεπτος (adiástreptos) (Greek), αμετάτρεπτος (ametátreptos) (Greek), visszafordíthatatlan (Hungarian), dochúlaithe (Irish), irreversibile (Italian), 不可逆 (fukagyaku) (Japanese), 뒤집을 수 없는 (dwijibeul su eomneun) (Korean), neuyantagh cur ergooyl (Manx), neuyantagh dy chur er ash (Manx), irreversibel (Norwegian Bokmål), irreversibel (Norwegian Nynorsk), nieodwracalny (Polish), irreversível (Portuguese), ireversibil (Romanian), необрати́мый (neobratímyj) (Russian), irreversible (Spanish), oåterkallelig (Swedish), irreversibel (Swedish), ditumbalikin (Tagalog), незворотний (nezvorotnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), необоротни́й (neoborotnýj) (Ukrainian), anghildroadwy (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'incapable of being reversed': 30 39 31

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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
      "word": "ditumbalikin"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "neotmenim",
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      "roman": "bùkě nìzhuǎn de",
      "sense": "incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled",
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      "word": "無可挽回的 /无可挽回的"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "dorikil su eomneun",
      "sense": "incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled",
      "word": "돌이킬 수 없는"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled",
      "word": "nieodwołalny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled",
      "word": "irreversível"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled",
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}

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