reversible process

Definitions of reversible process
  1. noun
    any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed
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    antonyms:
    irreversible process
    any process that is not reversible
    type of:
    physical process, process
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
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