[syn: inconvertible, untransmutable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inconvertible
adj 1: used especially of currencies; incapable of being
exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal
value [syn: inconvertible, unconvertible,
unexchangeable] [ant: convertible, exchangeable]
2: not capable of being changed into something else; "the
alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of
elemental metals" [syn: inconvertible, untransmutable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "inconvertible":
changeless, constant, immutable, incommutable, indefeasible, inert,
insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable, irredeemable,
irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lasting, noble,
nonreturnable, nonreversible, permanent, reverseless, unalterable,
unalterative, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
undeflectable, undeviating, unmodifiable, unpayable, unremitting,
unrestorable, unreturnable, unsusceptible, unvariable, unvarying