reverting

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: backslidinglapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversionreturning

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a failure to maintain a higher stateSynonyms: backslidinglapselapsingrelapserelapsingreversion

Adjective (1)

  1. tending to return to an earlier stateSynonyms: returning
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Revert \Re*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.] [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]

1.To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. [1913 Webster]

Till happy chance revert the cruel scence.— Prior.[1913 Webster]
The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow.— Thomson.[1913 Webster]

2.To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate. [1913 Webster]

3.(Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i. [1913 Webster]

To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx^2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y. [1913 Webster]

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