Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Convertible each into the other; capable of being exchanged equivalently, the one for the other: as, interconvertible terms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Convertible the one into the other.
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- adjective That can be
interconverted
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is known as the interconvertible bond-currency plan, by which our circulating media would be bottomed on the entire wealth of the nation instead of upon fragments of metal of fluctuating value; by which the volume of the currency would depend, not upon the fecundity of the mines, the fiat of Congress or the greed of Wall street, but upon the needs of commerce itself.
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When Joule and others showed that mechanical work and heat were interconvertible, consistency with the principle of energy conservation demanded that heat, Q, considered as a different form of energy, be taken into account.
Thermodynamic Asymmetry in Time Callender, Craig 2006
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Note that in some sense it's arbitrary whether we call a given set of bits "currency" or an "item;" currency is in a sense just an in-game asset that's especially freely interconvertible into other in-game assets.
Deflation in WoW? 2005
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During this period I first heard about the enzyme, phosphorylase, which was crystallized by Arda Green and the Coris and was found to exist in two interconvertible forms that they referred to as phosphorylase b and phosphorylase a. Phosphorylase b required 5'-AMP for enzymic activity whereas phosphorylase a was active without this nucleotide.
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The concept that matter and energy are interconvertible strikes directly to the core of the universe, probably exceeds in grandeur any other picture the field of physical science.
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The concept that matter and energy are interconvertible strikes directly to the core of the universe, probably exceeds in grandeur any other picture the field of physical science.
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The difference in the Democratic party about interconvertible currency is vital, and Ewing's doctrine overthrows the whole
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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Or, if so extreme a measure could be arrested, what is to prevent the permanent dethronement of gold as a measure of value, and the substitution of an interconvertible currency bond, bearing three and sixty-five hundredths per cent. interest, as a standard of value; and when it become too expensive to print the notes to pay the interest, reduce the rate.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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All we have to say is, that, if we do not now absolutely know, we do reasonably suspect, that heat and light are mere mechanical motions, alike in nature and interconvertible in fact.
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The platform contained the usual endorsement of a circulating medium composed of legal-tender notes interconvertible with bonds but gave first place to a demand for "the immediate and unconditional repeal of the specie-resumption act."
The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics 1923
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