reversibility

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reversibility

n. ability to be overturned; ability to be revoked; ability to be performed forwards or backwards

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Reversibility

Reversibility can refer to:

Time reversibility, a property of some mathematical or physical processes and systems for which time-reversed dynamics are well defined

Reversible process (thermodynamics), a process or cycle such that the net change at each stage in the combined entropy of the system and its surroundings is zero
Reversible reaction, a chemical reaction for which the position of the chemical equilibrium is very sensitive to the imposed physical conditions; so the reaction can be made to run either forwards or in reverse by changing those conditions
Reversible computing, logical reversibility of a computation - a computational step for which a well-defined inverse exists
Reversible error, a legal mistake invalidating a trial
Reversible garment, a garment that can be worn two ways
Piaget's theory of cognitive development, in which mental reversibility is part of the concrete operational stage, the understanding that numbers and objects can change and then return to their original state
Tesla principle, now known as a reversible process in engineering, a process of a system such that a net reverse in operation will accomplish the converse of the original function