Reverse or reversing may refer to:
Arts and media
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''Reverse'' (Eldritch album), 2001
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''Reverse'' (2009 film), a Polish comedy-drama film
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''Reverse'' (2019 film), an Iranian crime-drama film
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''Reverse'' (Morandi album), 2005
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''Reverse'' (TV series), a 2017–2018 South Korean television series
*"Reverse", a 2014 song by
SomeKindaWonderful
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REVERSE art gallery, in Brooklyn, NY, US
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Reverse tape effects including
backmasking
Backmasking is a recording technique in which a message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. It is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional.
Artists have ...
, the recording of sound in reverse
* ''
Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering'', a book by Eldad Eilam
*''Tegami Bachi: REVERSE'', the second season of the ''
Tegami Bachi'' anime series, 2010
Driving
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Reverse gear, in a motor or mechanical transmission
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Reversing (vehicle maneuver)
Reversing (also known as backing up) is the process of driving a vehicle in the reverse direction in order to maneuver. Rear view mirrors are somewhat standard equipment for this endeavor. Extremely large or luxury vehicles may have in addition ...
, reversing the direction of a vehicle
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Turning a vehicle through 180 degrees
Sports and games
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Reverse (American football) A reverse (sometimes referred to as an end reverse or criss cross) is a relatively common trick play in American football that involves one or more abrupt changes in the lateral flow of a rushing play. History
The invention of the reverse is credite ...
, a trick play in American football
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Reverse swing
Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.
The aim of swing bowling is to cause the ball to move in the ai ...
, a cricket delivery
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Reverse (bridge), a type of bid in contract bridge
Technology
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Reverse engineering
Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accompli ...
, a process of determining design from a finished product
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Reverse gear, in a motor or mechanical transmission
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Reversing gear On a steam locomotive, the reversing gear is used to control the direction of travel of the locomotive. It also adjusts the cutoff of the steam locomotive.
Reversing lever
This is the most common form of reverser. It consists of a long lever moun ...
of a steam locomotive
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Reverse lookup, using a value to retrieve a unique key in an associative array
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Reverse telephone directory A reverse telephone directory (also known as a gray pages directory, criss-cross directory or reverse phone lookup) is a collection of telephone numbers and associated customer details. However, unlike a standard telephone directory, where the user ...
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Reverse DNS lookup
In computer networks, a reverse DNS lookup or reverse DNS resolution (rDNS) is the querying technique of the Domain Name System (DNS) to determine the domain name associated with an IP address – the reverse of the usual "forward" DNS lookup o ...
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Reverse tape effects including
backmasking
Backmasking is a recording technique in which a message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. It is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional.
Artists have ...
, the recording of sound in reverse
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Thrust reversal
Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust for it to act against the forward travel of the aircraft, providing deceleration. Thrust reverser systems are featured on many jet aircraft ...
, the reversing of a jet engine's thrust direction
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Reversing type, a method to highlight a piece of text in printing
Other uses
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Obverse and reverse, the two faces of objects such as coins, paper money, medals and fabrics
See also
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Auto-reverse
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Reversal (disambiguation)
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Reversion (disambiguation)
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Revers
A revers or rever is a part of a garment that is reversed to display the lining or facing outside. The word is borrowed from French '' revers'', which is reflected in the final ''s'' being silent.
The most common form of revers is the lapel. ...
, display of reverse side of jacket cuffs, etc.
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Reversi
Reversi is a strategy board game for two players, played on an 8×8 uncheckered board. It was invented in 1883. Othello, a variant with a fixed initial setup of the board, was patented in 1971.
Basics
There are sixty-four identical game pieces ...
, board game
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