autoreverse

auto- +‎ reverse

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

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.

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.

Borrowed from English autoreverse.

autoreverse m (invariable)

1. autoreverse