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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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