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reverser

reverser noun: something which reverses a particular action or condition.

Noun

reverser (plural reversers)

  1. Something which reverses a particular action or condition.
    • a polarity reverser
    • The down grade would give her a start, and then, if Mitchell got his reverser over smartly, he might catch her on the right angle, and she would come back. Mitchell reversed, and moved forward, but to the horror of the fireman, he didn't stop!1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
    1. A thrust reverser.
  2. (Scots law) A mortgager of land.
  3. (slang) A reverse-engineer.
    • Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself.2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

reverser meaning in Tamil

reverser in Tamil

நேர்மாறி

Forms of reverser

pluralreversers

Origin of reverser

From reverse + -er.

Words formed from reverser

Questions about reverser

What does reverser mean?
Reverser means something which reverses a particular action or condition.
What is reverser in Tamil?
Reverser in Tamil is நேர்மாறி. See Reverser meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reverser?
Reverser is a noun.
What is the plural of reverser?
The plural of reverser is reversers.

Words near reverser in the dictionary

  1. reverseful
  2. reverseless
  3. reversely
  4. reversement
  5. reversements
  6. reverser
  7. reversers
  8. reverses
  9. reverses course
  10. reverses of trade
  11. reverses out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reverser (page history and authors); reverser (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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