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/rɪvˈərsəbəl/ /rivˈərsəbəl/ Listen

adjective

Reversible adj.

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

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

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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Etymology of 'Reversible'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... will be seen, are continuous, and switching is effected by altering the position of the moving tongues, pivoted at PP, by means of the rod R, which passes through a hole in the continuous rail to a lever or motor of the same reversible type as is used for the locomotive. If a motor is employed, R should be joined to a crank pin on the large driven cog—corresponding to that affixed to the driving wheel (Fig. 47)—by a short rod. The pin is situated at such a distance from the axle of the cog wheel ...

— Things To Make • Archibald Williams

... clawed hands. "I warned you, remember—the change isn't completely reversible. Your hands will always look—strange. The fingers had to be lengthened, for instance. I wanted to make you as safe as possible among the Lhari. I think you'll pass anything but an X-ray. Just be careful ...

— The Colors of Space • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... disgruntled, barefooted group before the camera. The women were dressed in the customary tight bodices, heavy woolen skirts, and voluminous petticoats of the plateau. Over their shoulders were pinned heavy woolen shawls, woven on hand looms. On their heads were reversible "pancake" hats made of straw, covered on the wet-weather side with coarse woolen stuff and on the fair-weather side with tinsel and velveteen. In accordance with local custom, tassels and fringes hung down on both sides. It is said that the first Inca ...

— Inca Land - Explorations in the Highlands of Peru • Hiram Bingham

... l'oeuf de recevoir la modification reversible c'est qu'etant constitue autrement que les cellules differenciees de l'organisme il est influence autrement qu'elles par les memes causes perturbatrices. Mais est-il impossible que malgre la difference de constitution physico-chimiques ...

— Hormones and Heredity • J. T. Cunningham

... infringing our patents falsely claim premiums and superiority over Dederick's Reversible Perpetual Press. Now, therefore, I offer and guarantee ...

— Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. - A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside • Various

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