Meanings
alternative revertable
- not comparableAble to be reverted.
When the sequence numbers are all equal and there is a mix of revertible and unrevertible volumes, the copy to the FlashCopy targets has taken place but the process is not finished for some volumes.
2021, Bertrand Dufrasne, Michael Frankenberg, Tony Eriksson, IBM DS8000 Copy Services: Updated for IBM DS8000 Release 9.1, page 253
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveto be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrevertere
- Late Latinrevertibilis
- Frenchrevertible
- Englishrevertible
From Anglo-Norman French revertible, from Late Latin revertibilis, from Latin revertere, from re- (“re-: again, back”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to revert + -ible.
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revertible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revertible
“revertible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revertible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revertible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revertible.
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