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say it: ri-VUR-suh-buhl
reversible is an adjective and noun meaning "capable of reversing or being reversed". It is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɝsəbəl/ — ri-VUR-suh-buhl. It carries 5 recorded senses.
capable of reversing or being reversed
“reversible hypertension”
capable of being reversed or used with either side out
“a reversible jacket”
capable of being reversed
“a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated”
capable of assuming or producing either of two states
“a reversible chemical reaction”
“a reversible cell”
chemistry · physics
a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reversible come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.