reversibility
Noun
Meaning
The quality of being reversible.
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Reversibility The early MAOIs covalently bound to the monoamine oxidase enzymes, thus inhibiting them irreversibly; the bound enzyme could not function and thus enzyme activity was blocked until the cell made new enzymes.
One can argue for atomic building blocks for matter, because it provides a simpler explanation for the observed reversibility of both mixing and chemical reactions as simple separation and rearrangements of atomic building blocks.
Reversibility – Does it Exist?
Reversibility is now emphasized so as to reduce problems with future treatment, investigation, and use.
Note that, if reactants and products were in standard state (completely pure), then there would be no reversibility and no equilibrium.
The reversibility of a process is associated with the resulting entropy change, i.e., a process is reversible if, and only if, it leaves the entropy of the system invariant.