reversible

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
reversible
    adj 1: capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible
           hypertension" [ant: {irreversible}]
    2: capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a
       reversible jacket" [syn: {reversible}, {two-sided}] [ant:
       {nonreversible}, {one-sided}]
    3: capable of being reversed; "a reversible decision is one that
       can be appealed or vacated"
    4: capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a
       reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell"
    n 1: a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out
         (with either side of the cloth showing)
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reversible \Re*vers"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]versible revertible,
   reversionary.]
   1. Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a
      reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides,
      so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Reversible lock}, a lock that may be applied to a door
      opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb.

   {Reversible process}. See under {Process}.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "reversible":
      ameliorable, amendable, atavistic, correctable, corrigible,
      curable, emendable, fixable, improvable, medicable, mendable,
      reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, reclaimable,
      recoverable, rectifiable, recyclable, redeemable, regressive,
      remediable, repairable, reparable, restorable, retrievable,
      retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable,
      reversional, reversionary, revertible, revulsionary

    

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