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irreversibility

UK/,ɪrɪ,vɝsə'bɪləti/US/'iri.vә:sә'biliti/
C2

Definitions

n.

The quality or state of being impossible to undo or reverse.

不可逆性

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ir-not, opposite of
+
re-turn
+
versturn
+
-ibilitycapable of, worthy of
=irreversibility

irreversible (cannot be turned back) + -ity (state) = the state of being impossible to reverse.

Root vers still carries 91 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The irreversibility of the process worries environmentalists.

  • 2.

    Thermodynamics deals with the irreversibility of time.

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