different between irreversible vs unequivocal

English

Etymology

From ir- +? reversible.

Adjective

irreversible (not comparable)

1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.

2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
3. (thermodynamics) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Related terms

• irreversibility

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From ir- +? reversible.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /i.r?.v???si.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.b?r?si.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.ve??si.ble/

Adjective

irreversible (masculine and feminine plural irreversibles)

1. irreversible

Further reading

• “irreversible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

irreversible

1. definite singular/plural of irreversibel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

irreversible

1. definite singular/plural of irreversibel

Spanish

Etymology

From ir- +? reversible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irebe??sible/, [i.re.??e??si.??le]

Adjective

irreversible (plural irreversibles)

1. irreversible (not able to be reversed)

   Antonym: reversible

Further reading

• “irreversible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• unæquivocal (rare)

Etymology

un- +? equivocal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??kw?v?k?l/
• (General American) enPR: ?n'?-kw?v??-k?l, IPA^(key): /??n???kw?v?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?v?k?l
• Hyphenation: un?equiv?o?cal

Adjective

unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)

1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable

   I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.

2. (possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.

   the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Usage notes

Nouns often used with "unequivocal" include "evidence" and "statement".

Synonyms

• (unambiguous): definite, unambiguous, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Derived terms

• unequivocally

Translations

Further reading

• unequivocal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• unequivocal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.