English-Estonian translations for irreversible

• pöördumatu
  See näitab, et selline areng on pöördumatu. This demonstrates that this development is irreversible.
  Sellise pöördumatu teo puhul nagu surmanuhtlus ei ole see võimalik. With an irreversible act such as the death penalty, that is not possible.
  Selle mõju on märkimisväärne bioloogilisele mitmekesisusele, tekitatud kahju on enamasti pöördumatu. Their effect is the substantial, mostly irreversible, reduction of biodiversity.

Definition of irreversible

• Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward
• Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled
• Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy

Examples

• an irreversible engine
• an irreversible sentence or decree

Related words

• irreverent
• irreverently
• irreversibly
• irreverence
• irreversibility