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English Dictionary: convertible	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for convertible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convertible adj capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities" Synonym(s): convertible, exchangeable Antonym(s): inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe" capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality" Synonym(s): convertible, transformable, translatable, transmutable n a car that has top that can be folded or removed a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) Synonym(s): convertible, convertible security a sofa that can be converted into a bed Synonym(s): convertible, sofa bed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convertible \Convert"ible\, 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.