irreversibility

/'iri,və:sə'biliti/ Cách viết khác : (irreversibleness) /,iri'və:səblnis/

Thân thiện

The scientist explains the irreversibility of the chemical reaction.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality or state of being irreversible: The condition of a process, action, or change that cannot be undone, reversed, or returned to a previous state. Once it has occurred, it is permanent and cannot be altered.

Usage

• The term "irreversibility" is used to describe processes, decisions, or changes where a return to the original condition is impossible. It is a formal term common in scientific, technical, legal, and philosophical contexts.
• It functions as an uncountable noun. You do not typically say "an irreversibility" or "irreversibilities."

Examples

• Noun:
  • The irreversibility of the chemical reaction was confirmed by the lab results.
  • One must consider the irreversibility of climate change when making environmental policy.
  • The court's ruling highlighted the irreversibility of the damage caused.

Advanced Usage

• "Point of no return / Irreversibility": A critical stage in a process after which reversal is impossible.
  • The melting of the polar ice caps may be approaching a point of irreversibility.
• In thermodynamics, irreversibility refers to a process that increases the total entropy of the universe.
  • The concept of irreversibility is central to the second law of thermodynamics.

Variants and Related Words

• Irreversible (adj): Not able to be undone or altered.
  • The decision had irreversible consequences.
• Irreversibleness (n): (Less common) Synonym for irreversibility.
• Reversibility (n): (Antonym) The quality of being reversible.

Synonyms

• Permanence: The state of lasting forever without change.
• Finality: The fact or quality of being final and irreversible.
• Inexorability: The quality of being unalterable and unstoppable.

Related Phrases

• One-way street: (Idiomatic) A situation or process that allows progress in only one direction.
  • The adoption of this technology is a one-way street; its irreversibility is total.
• No going back: (Idiomatic) Expresses that a situation cannot be reversed.
  • After the contract was signed, there was no going back; the irreversibility was legal fact.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed)