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REVERSIBLE PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("reversible process" is a kind of...):
physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)
Antonym:
irreversible process (any process that is not reversible)