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reversable

reversable is the alternative form of reversible.

Meaning of reversible

Adjective

reversible (not comparable)

  1. Able to be reversed.
    • […] the Welwyn bottleneck will be relaid with high-speed turnouts and resignalled for reversible working.1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322
  2. 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!1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  3. Capable of proceeding in either direction.
  4. Capable of returning to the original state.
  5. Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
  6. Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.

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Origin of reversable

From reverse + -able.

Words formed from reversable

Questions about reversable

What is reversable the alternative form of?
Reversable is the alternative form of reversible.

Words near reversable in the dictionary

  1. Reveron
  2. Reverons
  3. revers
  4. revers'd
  5. reversability
  6. reversable
  7. reversal
  8. reversalism
  9. reversalisms
  10. reversalist
  11. reversalists

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