reversible

  1. Adjective.  able to be reversed.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of clothing) able to be worn inside out.
  3. Adjective.  (chemistry) (''of a chemical reaction'') capable of proceeding in either direction.
  4. Adjective.  (physics) (''of a phase change'') capable of returning to the original state.
  5. Adjective.  (thermodynamics) capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

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