irreversible
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/ / /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English reversible English irreversible From ir- + reversible.
- Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
“an irreversible engine”
- Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
“an irreversible sentence or decree”
“Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.”
- Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.