reversal

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl

From Middle English reversall; equivalent to reverse +‎ -al.

reversal (countable and uncountable, plural reversals)

1. The state of being reversed.
2. An instance of reversing.
   • 2019 October, Tony Miles, “Chase Line service to be split next May”, in Modern Railways, page 17:

     Running via Aston would require a reversal at New Street and this will be taken into account during the planning and normal industry testing processes.

3. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.

Reversal of trains often takes place at a terminus, where the driver walks to the cab at the other end of the train; if hauled by a locomotive, that moves to the other end if the train if the train has no driving cab at the other end.

• reversion

From French réversal or Medieval Latin reversālis.^[1]

reversal (not comparable)

1. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
   • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:

     For after his death there were reversal letters found among his papers from the Duke of Anjou

• ravelers, slaverer

• IPA^(key): /rebeɾˈsal/ [re.β̞eɾˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧ver‧sal

reversal m or f (masculine and feminine plural reversales)

1. used to describe a type of diplomatic note

• It is used almost exclusively in the terms carta reversal or nota reversal