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REVERSAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major change in attitude or principle or point of view
Example:
an about-face on foreign policy
Synonyms:
about-face; policy change; reversal; volte-face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reversal"):
undoing (an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A change from one state to the opposite state
Example:
there was a reversal of autonomic function
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reversal"):
regress; regression; retrogression; retroversion; reversion (returning to a former state)
Derivation:
reverse (change to the contrary)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of reversing the order or place of
Synonyms:
reversal; transposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Turning in the opposite direction
Synonyms:
reversal; reverse; reversion; turnabout; turnaround
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
change of direction; reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reversal"):
about-face; about turn (act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation)
u-turn (complete reversal of direction of travel)
Derivation:
reverse (turn inside out or upside down)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Antonym:
affirmation (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand)
Derivation:
reverse (rule against)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A decision to reverse an earlier decision
Synonyms:
change of mind; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout; turnaround
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reversal"):
afterthought; reconsideration; rethink; second thought (thinking again about a choice previously made)
Derivation:
reverse (cancel officially)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Turning in an opposite direction or position
Example:
the reversal of the image in the lens
Synonyms:
reversal; turn around
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (a movement in a new direction)
Derivation:
reverse (turn inside out or upside down)
Sense 8
Meaning:
An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Synonyms:
black eye; blow; reversal; reverse; setback
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("reversal" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reversal"):
whammy (a serious or devastating setback)
Context examples:
Hsp inhibitors may destabilize, and facilitate degradation of proto-oncoproteins leading to reversal of apoptosis regulation and cell death.
(Heat Shock Protein Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)
Reactivation of the Wnt signaling pathway may result in the differentiation and activation of osteoblasts within the bone matrix and the reversal of tumor-induced osteolytic disease.
(DKK1-Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody DKN-01, NCI Thesaurus)
Cassini's observations show a reversal in the atmosphere above Titan's poles since the spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, when similar features were seen in the northern hemisphere.
(Cassini Sees Dramatic Seasonal Changes on Titan, NASA)
An electrocardiographic finding suggestive of dextrocardia with situs inversus, characterized by reversal of normal anterior R wave progression and the appearance of reversal of the right and left arm electrodes.
(Dextrocardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Caveolin expression is correlated both to oncogenic transformation and its reversal.
(Caveolin 1, NCI Thesaurus)
The study showed a remarkable reversal of diabetes in mice placed on the fasting-mimicking diet for four days each week.
(Fasting-Mimicking Diet May Reverse Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Severe inability of the liver to function normally, as evidenced by severe jaundice and abnormal levels of ammonia, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, lactic dehydrogenase, and reversal of the albumin/globulin ratio.
(Liver Failure, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
This results in reversal of the effects of the opioids, including reversal of analgesia, euphoria, respiratory depression, hypotension, sedation and physical dependence.
(Nalmefene Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
So now we had a reversal of tactics, for it was Jim who went in to hit with all the vigour of his young strength and unimpaired energy, while it was the savage Berks who was paying his debt to Nature for the many injuries which he had done her.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Whereas reversal of toxicity is observed after radiotherapy has concluded, 10 percent of treated patients develop gastrointestinal syndrome, a disease characterized by intestinal cell death, resulting in the destruction of the entire intestine and patient death.
(New Way Discovered for Protecting against High-Dose Radiation Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
