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reverse verb

  /ɹɪˈvɜːs/ , /ɹɪˈvɝs/
  • (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
ajaa takaperin, kääntää, vaihtaa (+ genitive plural +) paikkaa
  • (legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
kumota
  • (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
  • (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
kääntää
  • (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
kääntää, kääntää ympäri
  • (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
  • (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
vaihtaa (+ genitive plural +) paikkaa

reverse noun

  /ɹɪˈvɜːs/ , /ɹɪˈvɝs/
  • (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]
klaava, kääntöpuoli
  • The opposite of something. [from 14th c.]
käänteinen, vastakohta
  • The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.]
kääntyminen, täyskäännös
  • The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]
kääntöpuoli, toinen puoli
  • The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.]
peruutusvaihde
  • A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.]
takaisku

reverse adjective

  /ɹɪˈvɜːs/ , /ɹɪˈvɝs/
  • Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]
käänteinen, peruutus-, päinvastainen
  • (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
käänteinen, päinvastainen

reversible adjective

  /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/
  • Able to be reversed.
käännettävä, kääntyvä

reverser

käännin

reversibility noun

  • The property of being reversible.
käännettävyys

reversion noun

  /ɹəˈvɚʒən/ , /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/ , /ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/ , /ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/
  • The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
  • (property law) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
  • (genetics) The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
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