Interchangeable

3 definitions found

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

  Interchangeable \In`ter*change"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF.
     entrechangeable.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.
        "Interchangeable warrants." --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four
        interchangeable seasons. --Holder. --
        {In`ter*change"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`ter*change"a*bly},
        adv.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interchangeable
       adj 1: of or relating to or suggestive of complementation;
              "interchangeable electric outlets" [syn: {complementary},
               {reciprocal}]
       2: (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be
          interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation,
          `is a sister of,' are interchangeable"
       3: capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
          "interchangeable parts" [syn: {exchangeable}, {similar}, {standardized},
           {standardised}]

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

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "interchangeable":
     alike, assignable, changeable, communicable, commutable,
     commutative, conductive, consignable, contagious, convertible,
     conveyable, equal, equalizing, equivalent, even, exchangeable,
     exchanged, expressable, give-and-take, impartable, indiscernible,
     indistinct, indistinctive, indistinguishable, interchanged,
     mailable, metathetic, movable, mutual, permutable, portable,
     portative, reciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocative, removable,
     retaliatory, returnable, standard, stereotyped, substitutable,
     swapped, switched, traded, transferable, transfusable,
     transmissible, transmissive, transmittable, transportable,
     transportative, transposable, transposed, undifferentiated,
     undiscriminated, undistinguishable, undistinguished, uniform,
     without distinction