Meaning of INCONVERTIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | `inkun'vurtubul
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- [adj] not capable of being changed into something else; "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals"
- [adj] used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
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| | Synonyms: | | incommutable, irredeemable, unconvertible, unexchangeable, untransmutable |
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| | Antonyms: | | convertible, exchangeable | | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. inconvertibilis: cf.
F. inconvertible. See {In-} not, and {Convertible}.]
Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed
into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is
inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes
inconvertible into specie. --Walsh.
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| | Related Terms: | | changeless, constant, immutable, incommutable, indefeasible, inert, insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable, irredeemable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lasting, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, permanent, reverseless, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeflectable, undeviating, unmodifiable, unpayable, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unsusceptible, unvariable, unvarying |
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