Reversible

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.
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     2. Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides,
        so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics.
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     {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}.
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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