Definition for CON-VERT-I-BIL'I-TY

CON-VERT-I-BIL'I-TY, n. [From convertible.]

  1. The quality of being possible to be converted or changed from one substance, form or state to another; as, the convertibility of land into money. – Burke.
  2. The quality of being changeable from one letter to another; as, the convertibility of m with b, or of d into t. – As. Researches.

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