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reversible process

/rɪˈvɜːrsəbəl ˈprɒsɛs/

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C1formalcommonscientific/rɪˈvɜːrsəbəl ˈprɒsɛs/

A process that can be reversed to return to its original state without any net change in the system or surroundings, commonly used in thermodynamics and physics.

  • 🇷🇺Процесс, который может быть обращён вспять для возврата в исходное состояние без каких-либо чистых изменений в системе или окружающей среде, обычно используемый в термодинамике и физике.
  1. Thermodynamic concept C1 formal

    A process that can be reversed without leaving any net change in the system or its surroundings, often an idealized concept in thermodynamics.

    • In an ideal reversible process, the system is always in equilibrium.
    • The Carnot cycle consists of two reversible isothermal and two reversible adiabatic processes.
    • No real process is perfectly reversible, but some can be approximated as such.

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