Convertible

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Convertible \Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F.
     convertible.]
     1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change;
        transmutable; transformable.
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              Minerals are not convertible into another species,
              though of the same genus.             --Harvey.
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     2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal;
        interchangeable.
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              So long as we are in the regions of nature,
              miraculous and improbable, miraculous and
              incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible
              terms.                                --Trench.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Automobile \Au"to*mo*bile`\, n. [F.]
     a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers,
     suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models
     of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially,
     possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a
     {convertible}), different braking systems, different
     propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four
     wheels but some have been built with three wheels.
     Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion
     engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or
     petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam
     engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor
     varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H.
     P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars.
     An automobile is commonly called a {car} or an {auto}, and
     generally in British usage, {motor cars}.
  
     Syn: car, auto, machine, motorcar.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "convertible":
     all one, all the same, changeable, coequal, commutable,
     commutative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, equal,
     equalizing, equiparant, equipollent, equivalent, even, exchanged,
     give-and-take, identical, interchangeable, interchanged, liquid,
     modifiable, much the same, mutual, negotiable, permutable,
     reciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocative, resolvable, retaliatory,
     returnable, standard, swapped, switched, tantamount, traded,
     transformable, transitional, transmutable, transposed