Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interchangeable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interchangeable \In`ter*change"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF.
entrechangeable.]
1. Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.
``Interchangeable warrants.'' --Bacon.
2. Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four
interchangeable seasons. --Holder. --
{In`ter*change"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`ter*change"a*bly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interchangeable
adj 1: of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;
"interchangeable electric outlets" [syn: {complementary}]
2: (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be
interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation,
`is a sister of,' are interchangeable"
3: capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
"interchangeable parts" [syn: {exchangeable}, {similar}, {standardized},
{standardised}]
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