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# reversible

«reversible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to be changed back to how it was before** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (reversible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Able to be changed back to how it was before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#m1)

2) (clothes) Able to be worn either side out: a reversible jacket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#m2)

3) (science) A reversible change is one where you can get the original materials back, like melting ice or dissolving salt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, pupils sort changes into reversible (melting, freezing, dissolving, evaporating) and irreversible (burning, cooking an egg, rusting). In maths, some operations can be reversed: adding is reversed by subtracting. In everyday life, «reversible» clothes have two looks. Phrases: «reversible change», «reversible reaction», «reversible jacket».

### examples

- Melting chocolate is a reversible change, because it can set again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#x1)
- Burning paper is not reversible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#x2)
- My coat is reversible: blue on one side and red on the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#x3)
- Dissolving salt is reversible — evaporate the water and the salt is left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#x4)
- The doctor said the damage was reversible with rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#x5)
- Is cooking an egg a reversible change? No! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/#x6)

### note

Opposite: irreversible. Verb: reverse. Spelling: -ible (not «-able»). Maths link: inverse operations reverse each other (× and ÷, + and −).

### In the corpora

- [Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing are reversible changes, because the molecules stay the same.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reversible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reversible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.