Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mutual convertibility; interchangeableness.
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- noun uncountable The condition of being
interconvertible - noun countable The extent to which something is interconvertibille
Etymologies
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Examples
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In this work he was driven by his belief in the uniformity of nature and the interconvertibility of various forces, which he conceived early on as fields of force.
Faraday, Michael 2009
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Reversing the experiments of his predecessors, who had found that electric currents may generate magnetism, he showed that magnets have power under certain circumstances to generate electricity; he proved, indeed, the interconvertibility of electricity and magnetism.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904
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Very elaborately he devised a funding scheme which, taken in connection with his system of issues, was in effect what in these days would be called an "_interconvertibility scheme_" By various degrees of persuasion or force, -- the guillotine looming up in the background, -- holders of _assignats_ were urged to convert them into evidence of national debt, bearing interest at five per cent, with the understanding that if more paper were afterward needed more would be issued.
Fiat Money Inflation in France Andrew Dickson White 1875
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"_interconvertibility scheme_" between currency and bonds failed as dismally as the "_interconvertibility scheme_" between currency and land had failed.
Fiat Money Inflation in France Andrew Dickson White 1875
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