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Definition of Interchangeable

1. Adjective. (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged. "The arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable"

2. Adjective. Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability. "Interchangeable parts"

Definition of Interchangeable

1. a. Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.

Definition of Interchangeable

1. Adjective. Freely substitutable. May be swapped at will. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interchangeable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interchangeable

intercessionated intercessionates intercessionating intercessions intercessor intercessorial intercessors intercessory intercessour interchain

interchangable interchange interchange instability interchangeabilities interchangeability interchangeable (current term) interchangeableness interchangeably interchanged interchangement

interchanger interchangers interchanges interchanging interchannel interchapter interchapters interchondral interchondral articulations interchondral joints

Literary usage of Interchangeable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English and American Tool Builders by Joseph Wickham Roe (1916)
"CHAPTER XI THE RISE OF interchangeable MANUFACTURE It is well, in beginning, to define what we mean by the interchangeable system. ..."

2. The Library World (1902)
"I. /^CONSIDERABLE interest having been aroused by the proposal \^s of the Battersea Library Committee thai readers' tickets should be made interchangeable ..."

3. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Scl Am S 75:251 Ap 19 13 Suggestions on tooling for interchangeable manufacture. Mach 19:545-6 Mr '13 Incl Eng 13:237-40 Je '13 Interest íi'ic aleo Gages ..."

4. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"interchangeable Arrangement for Steam and Electric Hoist. ... This arrangement permits a satisfactory interchangeable driving of the hoist without making ..."

5. Principles of Mechanism: A Treatise on the Modification of Motion by Means by Stillman Williams Robinson (1896)
"Dissimilar interchangeable Bevel ... Partially interchangeable Bevel ... 4-lobed, etc., may be brought out, but they will not be interchangeable. ..."

6. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"THE interchangeable STAGE I append this suggestion as a line of technical ... interchangeable STAGE An arrangement for quick changes of scene that, ..."

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