reversible process

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reversible process - any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed

physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"

irreversible process - any process that is not reversible

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