Definitions for "Irreversible"
Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine; an irreversible process; an irreversible reaction.
Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
impossible to change back.
Keywords:  nonrenewable, fseis, aspen, nov, vol
Applies primarily to the sue of nonrenewable resources, such as minerals or cultural resources, or to those factors that are renewable only over long time spans, such as soil productivity and aspen regeneration. Irreversible also includes loss of future options.
A term that describes the loss of future options. Applies primarily to the effects, or use of nonrenewable resources, such as minerals or cultural resources, or to those factors, such as soil productivity that are renewable only over long periods of time. ( FSEIS Nov. 2000, Vol. I p.475)
Keywords:  incurable, permanent
Permanent, incurable.
Keywords:  original, back, changed
Cannot be changed back to its original state