reversibilityn.

Brit.

/rᵻˌvəːsəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/rəˌvərsəˈbɪlᵻdi/,

/riˌvərsəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reversible adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < reversible adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare French réversibilité (1745). Compare later revertibility n.

†1. Liability to reversion; revertibility. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > liability to

reversibility1701

revertibility?1790

1701 Partition of Lion in Fable vii. 169 Not content to stipulate the Reversibility of the same Countries to the Crown of Spain.

1832 B. Sarrans Mem. Gen. Lafayette II. 51 To permit Austria to occupy immediately the Duchy of Modena, by right of the reversibility of that duchy to the house of Hapsburgh.

1849 Fraser's Mag. 39 206 A subsequent treaty..regulated the reversibility of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla.

2. The fact or condition of being reversible (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction > fact of changing to opposite direction

reversibility1869

1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 442/2 The general character in which the ‘crab’ foot..differs from that of all other birds, is the equality of the three front toes, and the reversibility of the back one.

1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light §124 The principle of reversibility which runs through the whole of optics finds illustration here.

1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. v. 113 Reversibility is the sole necessary condition of the equivalence between two engines.

1933 A. W. Barton Text Bk. Heat xiii. 282 The Carnot engine is reversible. We shall now consider what reversibility is, what it implies, and how it can be realised.

1961 A. H. Riesen in D. W. Fiske & S. R. Maddi Functions of Varied Experience iii. 62 This result suggests only a partial or slow reversibility of the early effects of deprivation.

2005 J. Lemoalle in L. H. Fraser & P. A. Keddy World's Largest Wetlands ix. 337 The question then arises as to the reversibility of a multi-year drought.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reversibility
释义	reversibilityn. Brit. /rᵻˌvəːsəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /rəˌvərsəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /riˌvərsəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reversible adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < reversible adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare French réversibilité (1745). Compare later revertibility n. †1. Liability to reversion; revertibility. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > liability to reversibility1701 revertibility?1790 1701 Partition of Lion in Fable vii. 169 Not content to stipulate the Reversibility of the same Countries to the Crown of Spain. 1832 B. Sarrans Mem. Gen. Lafayette II. 51 To permit Austria to occupy immediately the Duchy of Modena, by right of the reversibility of that duchy to the house of Hapsburgh. 1849 Fraser's Mag. 39 206 A subsequent treaty..regulated the reversibility of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla. 2. The fact or condition of being reversible (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction > fact of changing to opposite direction reversibility1869 1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 442/2 The general character in which the ‘crab’ foot..differs from that of all other birds, is the equality of the three front toes, and the reversibility of the back one. 1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light §124 The principle of reversibility which runs through the whole of optics finds illustration here. 1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. v. 113 Reversibility is the sole necessary condition of the equivalence between two engines. 1933 A. W. Barton Text Bk. Heat xiii. 282 The Carnot engine is reversible. We shall now consider what reversibility is, what it implies, and how it can be realised. 1961 A. H. Riesen in D. W. Fiske & S. R. Maddi Functions of Varied Experience iii. 62 This result suggests only a partial or slow reversibility of the early effects of deprivation. 2005 J. Lemoalle in L. H. Fraser & P. A. Keddy World's Largest Wetlands ix. 337 The question then arises as to the reversibility of a multi-year drought. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1701
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