Irreversible

[ɪrɪ'vɜːsɪb(ə)l] or [,ɪrɪ'vɝsəbl]

Definition

(adj.) incapable of being reversed; 'irreversible momentum toward revolution' .

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Definition

(a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine.

(a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.

Typist: Melba

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Unchangeable, unalterable, irrevocable, irrepealable, immutable, invariable, changeless.

Checker: Lowell

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See REVERSIBLE]

Typist: Ralph

Definition

adj. not reversible: that cannot be recalled or annulled.—ns. Irreversibil′ity Irrevers′ibleness.—adv. Irrevers′ibly.

Editor: Nita