🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不可逆性

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bù kě nì xìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Irreversibility/ˌɪr.ɪˌvɝː.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"科学实验证明了这一过程的不可逆性。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or condition of being impossible to turn back or undo.

    "The negotiators realized the full irreversibility of their decision once the treaty was signed."
  2. 2

    A physical or thermodynamic process that cannot take place in the reverse direction.

    "Friction introduces irreversibility into mechanical systems, resulting in a loss of usable energy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin prefix 'in-' (not) combined with 'reversere' (to turn back), evolving through Old French and Middle English into a term describing a process or state that cannot be undone or reversed.

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