time-reversal invariance
time-reversal invariance
[′tīm ri¦vər·səl in′ver·ē·əns] (physics)
A symmetry of the fundamental (microscopic) equations of a system such that, if it holds, the time reversal of any motion of the system is also a motion of the system.
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