Irreversibility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Irreversibility is a noun meaning The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an ability to be reversed.
Meaning
The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an ability to be reversed.
Example Sentences
1911, Power, Hill Pub. Co., page 171, But because of irreversibilities in the engine, all of this theoretical conversion is not realized and some internal energy remains in the steam exhausting from the engine.
1806, Samuel Barnard, The Essence, Spirituality, and Glorious Issue, of the Religion of Christ Jesus, to All God's Chosen, W. Nicholson, page 279, Now if the irreversibility of God's gifts to his people, be considered, what joy for those who feel within a wicked heart.
Word Forms
- irreversibilities
Antonyms for irreversibility
Common opposites include reversibility.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retreat, regression, recourse, refer, reactionary, irreversibleness.
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