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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONVERTIBLE, a.
1. That may be changed; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus.
2. So much alike that one may be used for another. Usury and interest are not now convertible terms, though formerly they were.
3. That may be changed, as one letter for another; as b, p and f are convertible letters.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities" [syn: convertible, exchangeable] [ant: inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable]
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: convertible, 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, convertible security]
3: a sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: convertible, sofa bed]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. capable of being converted <a bond convertible to 12 shares of common stock> 2. having a top that may be lowered or removed <convertible coupe> • convertibility noun • convertibleness noun • convertibly adverb II. noun Date: 1615 something convertible; especially a convertible automobile

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 that may be converted. 2 (of currency etc.) that may be converted into other forms, esp. into gold or US dollars. 3 (of a car) having a folding or detachable roof. 4 (of terms) synonymous. --n. a car with a folding or detachable roof. Derivatives: convertibility n. convertibly adv. Etymology: OF f. L convertibilis (as CONVERT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(convertibles) 1. A convertible is a car with a soft roof that can be folded down or removed. Her own car is a convertible Golf. N-COUNT 2. In finance, convertible investments or money can be easily exchanged for other forms of investments or money. (BUSINESS) ...the introduction of a convertible currency. ADJ • convertibility ...the convertibility of the rouble. ...rapid export growth based on currency convertibility.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Interchangeable.

Moby Thesaurus

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