Reversibility can refer to:
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Time reversibility
A mathematical or physical process is time-reversible if the dynamics of the process remain well-defined when the sequence of time-states is reversed.
A deterministic process is time-reversible if the time-reversed process satisfies the same dyn ...
, a property of some mathematical or physical processes and systems for which time-reversed dynamics are well defined
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Reversible diffusion In mathematics, a reversible diffusion is a specific example of a reversible stochastic process. Reversible diffusions have an elegant characterization due to the Russian mathematician Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.
Kolmogorov's characterization ...
, an example of a reversible stochastic process
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Reversible process (thermodynamics)
In thermodynamics, a reversible process is a process, involving a system and its surroundings, whose direction can be reversed by infinitesimal changes in some properties of the surroundings, such as pressure or temperature.
Throughout an ent ...
, a process or cycle such that the net change at each stage in the combined entropy of the system and its surroundings is zero
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Reversible reaction
A reversible reaction is a reaction in which the conversion of reactants to products and the conversion of products to reactants occur simultaneously.
: \mathit aA + \mathit bB \mathit cC + \mathit dD
A and B can react to form C and D or, in the ...
, a chemical reaction for which the position of the chemical equilibrium is very sensitive to the imposed physical conditions; so the reaction can be made to run either forwards or in reverse by changing those conditions
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Reversible computing
Reversible computing is any model of computation where the computational process, to some extent, is time-reversible. In a model of computation that uses deterministic transitions from one state of the abstract machine to another, a necessary co ...
, logical reversibility of a computation; a computational step for which a well-defined inverse exists
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Reversible error
In United States law, a reversible error is an error of sufficient gravity to warrant reversal of a judgment on appeal. It is an error by the trier of law (judge), or the trier of fact (the jury, or the judge if it is a bench trial), or malfeasa ...
, a legal mistake invalidating a trial
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Reversible garment A reversible garment is a garment that can be worn two ways, which differ by turning the garment "inside out". However, there is no true "inside out" to a reversible garment, since either way, it gives a fashionable appearance. Garments that are com ...
, a garment that can be worn two ways
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Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence. It was originated by the Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget (1896–1980). The theory deals with the nature of ...
, in which mental reversibility is part of the concrete operational stage, the understanding that numbers and objects can change and then return to their original state
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Reversible playing card, a playing card that may be read either way up
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