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