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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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"Reversible" Quotes from Famous Books

... are taken to avoid shifting of contacts. Variation of contact, however, could not in any case account for repeated transient responses to repeated stimuli, when contact is made on iso-electric surfaces. Nor could it in any way explain the reversible nature of these responses, when A and B are stimulated alternately. These responses are obtained in the plants even when completely immersed in water, as in the experimental arrangement (fig. 15). It will be seen that in this case, where there could be ...

— Response in the Living and Non-Living • Jagadis Chunder Bose

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