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irreversible

Pronunciation: /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/

The English word “irreversible” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.
  2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
  3. Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Etymology

From ir- + reversible.

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