autoreverse

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

auto- +‎ reverse

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔːtoʊɹɪˈvɜːɹs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɔːtəɹɪˈvɜːs/

Noun[edit]

autoreverse (uncountable)

  1. A device in a tape recorder or player that enables playback or recording the tape in both directions, by changing the direction of the tape transport or by physically flipping the cassette.

Verb[edit]

autoreverse (third-person singular simple present autoreverses, present participle autoreversing, simple past and past participle autoreversed)

  1. To reverse automatically.
    • 2011, Matt Neuburg, Programming iOS 4, page 363:
      Unless the animation also autoreverses, the animation will “jump” from its end to its start to begin the next repetition.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English autoreverse.

Noun[edit]

autoreverse m (invariable)

  1. autoreverse