Hypertext Webster Gateway: "convertible"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Convertible \Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F.
convertible.]
1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change;
transmutable; transformable.

Minerals are not convertible into another species,
though of the same genus. --Harvey.

2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal;
interchangeable.

So long as we are in the regions of nature,
miraculous and improbable, miraculous and
incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible
terms. --Trench.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

convertible
adj 1: capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of
equal value; "convertible securities" [syn: {exchangeable}]
[ant: {inconvertible}]
2: designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a
convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
3: capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is
lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable
into reality" [syn: {transformable}, {translatable}, {transmutable}]
n 1: a car that has top that can be folded or removed
2: a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that
can be exchanged for another form of security (usually
common stock) [syn: {convertible security}]
3: a sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: {sofa bed}]


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