that can be interchanged; esp., that can be put or used in place of each other
Origin of interchangeable
Old French entrechangeable
adjective
The definition of interchangeable is able to be used in place of one another.
An example of interchangeable are the words dinner and supper.
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interchangeable
adjective
Capable of being interchanged: interchangeable items of clothing; interchangeable automotive parts.
Related Forms:
- in′ter·change′a·bil′i·ty in′ter·change′a·ble·ness
noun
- in′ter·change′a·bly
adverb
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Freely substitutable. May be swapped at will.
- Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that each part had to be made custom.
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Sentence Examples
- But it is possible that the terms at an early date were interchangeable, Canaan being geographical and Amorite ethnical.
- This cipher alphabet is called Albam, from the first interchangeable pairs.
- If an element be present in a compound otherwise than as an ion, it is not interchangeable, and cannot be recognized by the usual tests.
- Nor are the terms interchangeable now; for not all metropolitans are archbishops,' nor all archbishops metropolitans.
- In the level the eye-piece and object-glass are interchangeable, to facilitate adjustment for collimation.
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WORDS NEAR interchangeable IN THE DICTIONARY
- interchangeable
- interchangeableness
- interchangeably
- interchanged