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reversible

 
Dictionary: re·vers·i·ble
(rĭ-vûr'sə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. That can be reversed, as:
    1. Finished so that either side can be used: a reversible fabric.
    2. Wearable with either side turned outward: a reversible skirt; a reversible vest.
  2. Chemistry & Physics.
    1. Capable of assuming or producing either of two states: a reversible cell; a reversible reaction.
    2. Of or relating to a process, such as a chemical reaction or a phase change, in which the system undergoing the process can be returned to its original state.
n.
A reversible fabric or item of clothing.

reversibility re·vers'i·bil'i·ty or re·vers'i·ble·ness n.
reversibly re·vers'i·bly adv.

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Capable of going R through a series of changes in either direction, forward or backward (for example, reversible chemical reaction).

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Made so that either side can be used as the outer side. Also: Capable of being corrected.

pronunciation The reversible table cloth had a plaid pattern on one side and a floral pattern on the other side.

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Common misspelling(s) of reversible

  • reversable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vendbar, vend-, reversibel
n. - vendbart stykke tøj

Nederlands (Dutch)
omkeerbaar

Français (French)
adj. - réversible
n. - réversibilité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - umkehrbar, beidseitig tragbar
n. - beidseitig tragbares Kleidungsstück

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αντιστρεπτός, που μπορεί να γυρίσει ανάποδα, ακυρώσιμος, δύο όψεων (κν. ντουμπλ-φας), αναστρέψιμος

Italiano (Italian)
reversibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - reversível

Русский (Russian)
обратимый, двусторонний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - reversible, revocable
n. - tejido reversible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vändbar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
可反转的, 可掉换的, 可逆的, 可废弃的, 双面布料, 正反两用上衣

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可反轉的, 可掉換的, 可逆的, 可廢棄的
n. - 雙面布料, 正反兩用上衣

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 역으로 할 수 있는, 안팎으로 쓸 수 있는
n. - 안팎이 없게 짠 천, 안팎으로 입을 수 있는 옷

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 逆にできる, 裏表ともに使える, 両面仕立ての
n. - 裏表着用できる衣服

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قابل للإنعكاس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הפיך, ניתן להפכו‬
n. - ‮מעיל הניתן ללבישה בשני הצדדיים‬


 
 
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