3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reversible \Re*vers"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]versible revertible, reversionary.] 1. Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics. [1913 Webster] {Reversible lock}, a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb. {Reversible process}. See under {Process}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: reversible adj 1: capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible hypertension" [ant: {irreversible}] 2: capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket" [syn: {two-sided}] [ant: {nonreversible}] 3: capable of being reversed; "a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated" 4: capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell" n : a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing) From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 35 Moby Thesaurus words for "reversible": ameliorable, amendable, atavistic, correctable, corrigible, curable, emendable, fixable, improvable, medicable, mendable, reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, reclaimable, recoverable, rectifiable, recyclable, redeemable, regressive, remediable, repairable, reparable, restorable, retrievable, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable, reversional, reversionary, revertible, revulsionary
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