irreversible

UK /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/ US /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.

an irreversible engine

2

Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.

an irreversible sentence or decree

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.

3

Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

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