convertible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of being changed, exchanged, or treated as equivalent to another form

   Under the theory, spatial distance is convertible into temporal distance.

2. 2
   noun

   a car with a roof that can be folded down or removed

   They drove along the coast in a red convertible.

3. 3
   noun

   a bond or other security that may be exchanged for another type of security

   The investor exchanged the convertible for shares in the company.

From Old French convertible and Late Latin convertibilis, from Latin convertere, 'to turn around or transform,' plus -ibilis, 'able to be.'

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