Where does “不可逆” come from?
不可逆 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 可逆, from Japanese 逆, from Middle Chinese 逆.
不可逆 (Japanese): irreversibility; lossiness
Definitions
- irreversibility; lossiness
Ancestry of “不可逆”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 可逆 | reversibility; invertibility; lossless |
| 2 | Japanese | 逆 | reverse; contrary; opposite; converse |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 逆 | — |