reversible path

reversible path

[ri′vər·sə·bəl ′path]
(thermodynamics)
A path followed by a thermodynamic system such that its direction of motion can be reversed at any point by an infinitesimal change in external conditions; thus the system can be considered to be at equilibrium at all points along the path.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Overall, Tilly depicts democratization as a dynamic and changing process that creates complex and reversible paths to democracy, which he defines as the "broad, equal, protected, binding consultation of citizens with respect to state actions" (p.
Charles Tilly, Democracy
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