English Explanatory Dictionary

irreversible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
  2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
  3. Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irreversible.wav /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/

Word forms

irreversible

Etymology

From ir- + reversible.

Related words

irreversibility

Derived words

irreversibleness irreversibly thermoirreversible

Translations

Armenian: անշրջելի Belarusian: неабарача́льны Bulgarian: необратим Catalan: irreversible Chinese Mandarin: 不可逆 Czech: nevratný Dutch: onomkeerbaar Esperanto: nereversebla Estonian: pöördumatu Finnish: peruuttamaton French: irréversible Georgian: შეუქცევადი Georgian: გამოუსწორებადი Georgian: არაუკუქცევადი German: irreversibel German: unumkehrbar Greek: αδιάστρεπτος Greek: αμετάτρεπτος Hungarian: visszafordíthatatlan Irish: dochúlaithe Italian: irreversibile Japanese: 不可逆 Korean: 뒤집을 수 없는 Manx: neuyantagh cur ergooyl Manx: neuyantagh dy chur er ash Norwegian Bokmål: irreversibel Norwegian Nynorsk: irreversibel Polish: nieodwracalny Portuguese: irreversível Romanian: ireversibil Russian: необрати́мый Spanish: irreversible Swedish: oåterkallelig Swedish: irreversibel Tagalog: ditumbalikin Ukrainian: незворотний Ukrainian: необоротни́й Welsh: anghildroadwy
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