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Reversing

Reversing \Re*vers"ing\, a. Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.

Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will.

Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.

Reversing

Reverse \Re*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reversed (r[-e]*v[~e]rst");p. pr. & vb. n. Reversing.] [See Reverse, a., and cf. Revert.]

  1. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

    And that old dame said many an idle verse, Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse.
    --Spenser.

  2. To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.]

    And to his fresh remembrance did reverse The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
    --Spenser.

  3. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

    Reverse the doom of death.
    --Shak.

    She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  4. To turn upside down; to invert.

    A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
    --Sir W. Temple.

  5. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

    These can divide, and these reverse, the state.
    --Pope.

    Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.
    --Rogers.

  6. (Law) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

    Reverse arms (Mil.), a position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45[deg], and is held as in the illustration.

    To reverse an engine or To reverse a machine, to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction.

    Syn: To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert; repeal; annul; revoke; undo.

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reversing

vb. (present participle of reverse English)

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Wikipedia
Reversing

Reversing may refer to:

  • Backing up a vehicle
  • Turning a vehicle through 180 degrees
  • Reverse engineering
  • Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering, a book by Eldad Eilam
Reversing (vehicle maneuver)

Reversing (also known as backing up) is the process of driving a vehicle in the reverse direction in order to maneuver. Rear view mirrors are standard equipment for this endeavor. Extremely large or luxury vehicles may have in addition technical aids such as backup cameras. Many industrial vehicles such as fork lifts automatically activate a warning beep whilst reversing. In the UK lorries may be fitted with warning devices which repeatedly announce "This vehicle is reversing", or the equivalent phrase in Welsh.

Reversing a vehicle can serve the purpose of changing lanes in traffic when a driver wishes to change to an adjacent lane but the destination lane is relatively jammed with vehicles (backed up). This is performed by driving in the reverse direction until the vehicle can move into the adjacent lane (or adjacent lanes) at the back of the queue in the next lane.

Usage examples of "reversing".

The ship slowed, reversing, the water boiling at her stern, but she overshot and had to back down.

Until recently, the sacramentalist Laud had not had notable success in reversing the Calvinist trends within the university or amongst the gentry, despite having the support of his monarch.

I do have a projection on the time required for full analysis of the spiroid wave phenomenon, though, which could lead to a solution and method for reversing the process.

He was convinced that the significant cycle was really twenty-two years and not eleven, for during the first half the magnetic character of sunspot regions followed one pattern, reversing during the second half.

Electric impulses raced through the maze of wires, reversing the intricate enciphering process.

They could be slowed by reversing the Flettner sails, perhaps, and by warping the Sun King into a circular course.

Reversing his steps he reglued the cardboard top and refastened the paper covering.

The Old Man was directing two of the other bulldozers, reversing them as close as he dared to the lip of the bank of sand, while from the service truck parked below the cliff a line of Ovambos came staggering down the beach with the heavy tractor tow chain over their shoulders.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was much amused by this procedure, which seemed a kind of reversing of what might have been expected from the two men, took notice of it to Dr. Johnson, as they walked away by themselves.

Snatching up his spear and reversing it with a flourish, he stood aside to let the newcomers enter.

A first step toward reversing this downward trend would be an official, public acknowledgment by NSA seniors that employees were pressured to provide only positive feedback regarding Future Day and that the proclaimed benefits of Future Day have been grossly overhyped.

Before the cotyledons are fully expanded and have diverged, the hypocotyl generally straightens itself by increased growth along the concave side, thus reversing the process which caused the arching.

Its best answer is arrived at by reversing the predicate and the subject, and you at once form a contradictory maxim equally true, our vices are most frequently but virtues disguised.

Thorn pushed himself as hard as he could, reversing the airflow in the other room and enlarging the force field to include the vent.

Congress, Senator Bilk took vehement exception to a decision by Judge Crease reversing a verdict by a local jury as undue interference by the Federal judiciary and called for his impeachment.