reversible
adjective
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L253566 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L326767 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/
adj
Etymology: Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible.
- Able to be reversed.
“[…] the Welwyn bottleneck will be relaid with high-speed turnouts and resignalled for reversible working.”
- Able to be worn inside out.
“That boy, Louis, is in his way a masterpiece. Do you know, every article of clothing that he wears is reversible, so that he can present quite a different appearance at the shortest notice!”
- Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Capable of returning to the original state.
- Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
noun
Etymology: Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible.
- A garment that can be worn inside out.