slovo | definícia |
convertible (encz) | convertible,kabriolet n: PetrV |
convertible (encz) | convertible,směnitelný Pavel Machek; Giza |
Convertible (gcide) | Convertible \Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F.
convertible.]
1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change;
transmutable; transformable.
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Minerals are not convertible into another species,
though of the same genus. --Harvey.
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2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal;
interchangeable.
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So long as we are in the regions of nature,
miraculous and improbable, miraculous and
incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible
terms. --Trench.
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convertible (gcide) | Automobile \Au"to*mo*bile`\, n. [F.]
a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers,
suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models
of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially,
possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a
convertible), different braking systems, different
propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four
wheels but some have been built with three wheels.
Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion
engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or
petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam
engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor
varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H.
P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars.
An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and
generally in British usage, motor cars.
Syn: car, auto, machine, motorcar.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
convertible (wn) | convertible
adj 1: capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something
of equal value; "convertible securities" [syn:
convertible, exchangeable] [ant: inconvertible,
unconvertible, unexchangeable]
2: designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a
convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
3: capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is
lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable
into reality" [syn: convertible, transformable,
translatable, transmutable]
n 1: a car that has top that can be folded or removed
2: a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that
can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common
stock) [syn: convertible, convertible security]
3: a sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: convertible,
sofa bed] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
convertible (encz) | convertible,kabriolet n: PetrVconvertible,směnitelný Pavel Machek; Giza |
convertible bond (encz) | convertible bond, n: |
convertible currency (encz) | convertible currency,směnitelná měna [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
convertible debt instrument (encz) | convertible debt instrument, |
convertible security (encz) | convertible security, n: |
currency convertible in fact (encz) | currency convertible in fact, |
inconvertible (encz) | inconvertible,nesměnitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nonconvertible (encz) | nonconvertible,nekonvertibilní |
unconvertible (encz) | unconvertible,nekonvertibilní adj: Zdeněk Brožunconvertible,nesměnitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
convertible (gcide) | Convertible \Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F.
convertible.]
1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change;
transmutable; transformable.
[1913 Webster]
Minerals are not convertible into another species,
though of the same genus. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal;
interchangeable.
[1913 Webster]
So long as we are in the regions of nature,
miraculous and improbable, miraculous and
incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible
terms. --Trench.
[1913 Webster]Automobile \Au"to*mo*bile`\, n. [F.]
a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers,
suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models
of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially,
possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a
convertible), different braking systems, different
propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four
wheels but some have been built with three wheels.
Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion
engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or
petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam
engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor
varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H.
P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars.
An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and
generally in British usage, motor cars.
Syn: car, auto, machine, motorcar.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Convertibleness (gcide) | Convertibleness \Con*vert"i*ble*ness\, n.
The state of being convertible; convertibility.
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Inconvertible (gcide) | 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.
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Inconvertibleness (gcide) | Inconvertibleness \In`con*vert"i*ble*ness\, n.
Inconvertibility.
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Interconvertible (gcide) | Interconvertible \In`ter*con*vert"i*ble\, a.
Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes
are interconvertible.
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Reconvertible (gcide) | Reconvertible \Re`con*vert"i*ble\ (r?`k?n*v?rt"?*b'l), a.
(Chem.)
Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the
original form or condition.
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Unconvertible (gcide) | Unconvertible \Unconvertible\
See convertible. |
convertible (wn) | convertible
adj 1: capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something
of equal value; "convertible securities" [syn:
convertible, exchangeable] [ant: inconvertible,
unconvertible, unexchangeable]
2: designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a
convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
3: capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is
lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable
into reality" [syn: convertible, transformable,
translatable, transmutable]
n 1: a car that has top that can be folded or removed
2: a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that
can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common
stock) [syn: convertible, convertible security]
3: a sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: convertible,
sofa bed] |
convertible bond (wn) | convertible bond
n 1: a bond that can be converted to other securities under
certain conditions |
convertible security (wn) | convertible security
n 1: a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock)
that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually
common stock) [syn: convertible, convertible security] |
inconvertible (wn) | 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] |
unconvertible (wn) | unconvertible
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] |
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