nonreversible
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.rɪˈvɜːr.sə.bəl/
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no reversible
- In her art project, she used nonreversible materials, making it impossible to alter the finished piece once it was complete.
Examples
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One might have expected slower RTs to Padding in nonreversible items. With an overall effect size of .12, the significant difference found in the Padding variable does not appear to be as robust a finding as the verb differences.
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In their second experiment, subjects judged the direction between pairs of American cities (from both directions) and their judgments were found to be consistently nonreversible.
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Nonreversible sentences, such as "The truck was reckless."
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Results: Experiment 1: Participants responded faster to bad and to nonreversible sentences, and in the talk distraction.
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A 31-mm O.D. incorporates internal commutation and power electronics to achieve a 2-lead-wire configuration for nonreversible applications.
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As expected, RTs for the Base sentences were faster than for the longer Padded sentences, RTs for Bad sentences were faster than for Good sentences, and RTs for Nonreversible sentences were faster than for Reversible sentences.
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When a nonreversible passive sentence is augmented with extra words within the verb phrase (padded condition), processing may be affected by semantic factors (e.g., the radio was quickly and effectively fixed by the electrician).
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Given the expected increased demands of processing semantically more complex reversible sentences (Berndt et al., 2004; Saffran et al., 1998), it was not unexpected to find faster RTs for nonreversible sentences.
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The instruction manual was designed for nonreversible use, ensuring that each setting could only be applied once.
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The nonreversible nature of the chemical reaction meant that the ingredients could not be recovered after the process.
Synonyms
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6.0
Not able to be changed back to how it was
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8.1
Impossible to change or undo
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4.0
Made to be used with only one side showing
Not able to be made like it was before
Antonyms
How Reversible
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonreversible = reversible (transparent) = non + reverse + ible
The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'reversible' with the productive prefix 'non-'.
Etymology
Nonreversible is built from non- ('not') and reversible ('able to be turned back'), and reversible is like reverse, which means to 'turn back' or 'go the other way'. So, nonreversible means something cannot be turned back or used the other way.