Irreversible vs Imperative - What's the difference?
irreversible | imperative | Related terms |
Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.
Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
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, title= (label) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
essential
(computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
* Bishop Hall
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
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Irreversible is a related term of imperative.
As adjectives the difference between irreversible and imperative
is that irreversible is irreversible while imperative is .irreversible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
imperative
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- It is imperative that you come here right now.
- imperative orders
- The suits of kings are imperative .
Noun
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative .
- Visiting Berlin is an imperative .
