Definition of Inconvertibility

1. Noun. The quality of not being exchangeable. "The inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible"


Definition of Inconvertibility

1. n. The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

Definition of Inconvertibility

1. Noun. The condition of being inconvertible ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inconvertibility

incontrovertible
incontrovertibleness
incontrovertibly
inconvenience
inconvenience oneself
inconvenienced
inconveniences
inconveniencies
inconveniencing
inconveniency
inconvenient
inconveniently
inconversable
inconversant
inconverted
inconvertibility
inconvertible
inconvertibleness
inconvertibly
inconvincible
inconvincibly
incony
incoop
incoordinate
incoordination
incoordinations
incoronate
incorporable
incorporal
incorporality

Literary usage of Inconvertibility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoir of James Prescott Joule by Osborne Reynolds (1892)
"... Inconvertibility of Heat.—Note on Joule's Views.—Conversion of Heat into Work Denied.— Work into Heat Accepted. — Second Paper. — Greater Deference. ..."

2. Sound Currency, 1895-1896: A Compendium of Accurate and Timely Information by Reform Club, New York, Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) (1896)
"The clause of the act of September 6, 1878, providing that the inconvertibility of the bank paper should cease on May 1, 1880, became entirely inoperative ..."

3. The Development of Symbolic Logic: A Critical-historical Study of the by Arthur Thomas Shearman (1906)
"(3) Inconvertibility of Real Particulars and of Universal Negatives.—I said a few pages back that Castillon is not justified in drawing an inference from A ..."

4. The Development of Symbolic Logic: A Critical-historical Study of the by Arthur Thomas Shearman (1906)
"(3) Inconvertibility of Real Particulars and of Universal Negatives.—I said a few pages back that Castillon is not justified in drawing an inference from A ..."

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