reversible

adjective

Meaning

Able to be reversed.
(of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
(of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
(of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Sources

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