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reversible

/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/

reversible adjective: able to be reversed.

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.

Noun

reversible (plural reversibles)

  1. A garment that can be worn inside out.

reversible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

reversible in Hindi

प्रतिवर्ती, पलटने योग्य, उलटने योग्य

reversible in Tamil

திரும்பக்கூடியது, மீளுதல், நேர்மாறாகும், மீள்வியல், நேர்மாறாக்கத்தக்க, மீளக்கூடிய

reversible in Marathi

उलट करता येण्याजोगी

reversible in Urdu

قابل منسوخی
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reversible in Telugu
రివర్సిబుల్, తిరగగలిగేది
reversible in Malayalam
റിവേഴ്സബിൾ, റിവേഴ്സിബിൾ, റിവേഴ്സ് ചെയ്യാവുന്ന
reversible in Kannada
ಹಿಂದುಮುಂದು ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾದ, ಒಳಹೊರಗು ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲ, ತಲೆಕೆಳಗು ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲ, ಮಗುಚಿ ಹಾಕಬಹುದಾದ
reversible in Punjabi
ਉਲਟਣਯੋਗ, ਉਲਟਣ ਯੋਗ, ਉਲਟ ਕਰਨ ਯੋਗ
reversible in Gujarati
ઉલટાવી શકાય તેવું, રિવર્સિબલ, ઉલટાવી શકાય તેવી
reversible in Nepali
प्रतिवर्ती

Examples of reversible in a sentence

  • A reversible coat is two-sided and would allow you to change your appearance.
  • We prove that pre-injective, post-surjective cellular automata over surjunctive groups are reversible.
  • Memorized information binds reversible microprocess within impulse with irreversible information macroprocess.

All 20 example sentences with reversible

Antonyms of reversible

Forms of reversible

pluralreversibles

Origin of reversible

Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible.

Words formed from reversible

Questions about reversible

What does reversible mean?
Reversible means able to be reversed.
What is reversible in Hindi?
Reversible in Hindi is प्रतिवर्ती, पलटने योग्य, उलटने योग्य. See Reversible meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is reversible?
Reversible can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce reversible?
Reversible is pronounced /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/.

Words near reversible in the dictionary

  1. reversgram
  2. reversgrams
  3. reversi
  4. reversibilities
  5. reversibility
  6. reversible
  7. reversibleness
  8. reversibles
  9. reversibly
  10. reversified
  11. reversifies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reversible (page history and authors); reversible (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reversible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reversible (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reversible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reversible (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reversible (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reversible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reversible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reversible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reversible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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