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Definition of Inconvertibility
1. Noun. The quality of not being exchangeable. "The inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible"
Antonyms: Convertibility
Derivative terms: Inconvertible
Definition of Inconvertibility
1. n. The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.
Definition of Inconvertibility
1. Noun. The condition of being inconvertible ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inconvertibility
Literary usage of Inconvertibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir of James Prescott Joule by Osborne Reynolds (1892)
"... inconvertibility of Heat.—Note on Joule's Views.—Conversion of Heat into Work
Denied.— Work into Heat Accepted. — Second Paper. — Greater Deference. ..."
2. Sound Currency, 1895-1896: A Compendium of Accurate and Timely Information by Reform Club, New York, Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) (1896)
"The clause of the act of September 6, 1878, providing that the inconvertibility
of the bank paper should cease on May 1, 1880, became entirely inoperative ..."
3. The Development of Symbolic Logic: A Critical-historical Study of the by Arthur Thomas Shearman (1906)
"(3) inconvertibility of Real Particulars and of Universal Negatives.—I said a
few pages back that Castillon is not justified in drawing an inference from A ..."
4. The Development of Symbolic Logic: A Critical-historical Study of the by Arthur Thomas Shearman (1906)
"(3) inconvertibility of Real Particulars and of Universal Negatives.—I said a
few pages back that Castillon is not justified in drawing an inference from A ..."
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