interconvertible

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All we have to say is, that, if we do not now absolutely know, we do reasonably suspect, that heat and light are mere mechanical motions, alike in nature and interconvertible in fact.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various

The most important issue before the people was declared to be "the proper solution of the money question," meaning thereby the issue of greenbacks interconvertible with bonds.

From The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics by Buck, Solon J. (Solon Justus)

The several forms of energy are interconvertible, and possess an exact quantitative equivalence.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

He had little respect for the gifts or views that could not be made interconvertible with newspaper results.

From Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" by Various

For, by a marvelous harmony, in social economy all these adjectives are interconvertible.

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)