Irreversible

adjective

Word Frequency: 3.5

Definitions

1.adjectiveIncapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.

"an irreversible engine"

2.adjectiveIncapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.

"an irreversible sentence or decree"

3.adjectiveIncapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

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