Inconvertible

3 definitions found

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

  Inconvertible \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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inconvertible
       adj 1: used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged
              for or replaced by another currency of equal value
              [syn: {unconvertible}, {unexchangeable}] [ant: {convertible}]
       2: not capable of being changed into something else; "the
          alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature
          of elemental metals" [syn: {untransmutable}]

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

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "inconvertible":
     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