reversibly

Thân thiện

The chemical reaction proceeds reversibly under these conditions.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a reversible manner: Describes an action or process that can be undone, returned to a previous state, or operated in the opposite direction without permanent change or loss.
   • Convertible back and forth: Indicates the capability of being changed back to an original form or condition.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The chemical reaction proceeds reversibly under these controlled conditions.
  • The data can be encrypted and then decrypted reversibly using this algorithm.
  • This jacket is designed reversibly, so you can wear it with either side out.

Advanced Usage

• In thermodynamics: Used to describe an idealized process that can be reversed by an infinitesimal change in a variable, leaving no net change in the system and its surroundings.
  • A truly reversibly conducted expansion would require infinite time.
• In computing/data storage: Refers to operations or transformations that do not lose information and can be perfectly undone.
  • The compression method works reversibly, ensuring no original data is lost.

Variants and Related Words

• Reversible (adjective): Capable of being reversed.
  • The judge's decision is not reversible.
• Reversibility (noun): The quality or state of being reversible.
  • The reversibility of the process is its key advantage.

Synonyms

• Invertibly: Capable of being inverted or turned inside out.
• Undoably: In a manner that can be undone. (Note: This is a less common construction.)

Antonyms

• Irreversibly: In a manner that cannot be reversed or undone.
  • The document was irreversibly deleted.

Related Phrases

• Reversible process: (Technical phrase) A process whose direction can be reversed to return the system and its surroundings to their initial states.
  • The Carnot cycle is a model of a reversible process.
• Work reversibly: (Technical phrase) To perform work in such a way that the maximum useful work is obtained, as in thermodynamics.
  • An engine operating ideally would work reversibly.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a reversible manner
   • reversibly convertible