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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value;
[syn: inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable]

2. not capable of being changed into something else;
- Example: "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals"
[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]