Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the ability to be
interchangeable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange
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Examples
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Whitney pioneered the idea of interchangeability as a fundamental principle of production, and he successfully applied the principle to a product that must be made with the greatest precision.
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Customers also are interested in "interchangeability," Poole notes.
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But there is far more interchangeability with the latter.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Book price war: Thanksgiving skirmish or Armageddon? » Print 2009
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But there is far more interchangeability with the latter.
Book price war: Thanksgiving skirmish or Armageddon? « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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Curiously, it is titled Science and the Modern World on the inner title page and in the headers throughout the text, but not on the front cover, where an ampersand replaces the word and, thus demonstrating the general interchangeability of these symbols.
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Houston Lawyer: Since you cite the “thirty aught six” and are a Texan, do you have an opinion on the 30.06 vs the .308 vs the 7.62 Nato and their interchangeability?
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"The language of the factory and of human dignity is as incompatible as would be the interchangeability of machine and life."
June 30th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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But he too has seen what appears to be the interchangeability of the team's kick returner.
The Mystery of The Jets' Miracle Return Game Chris Herring 2011
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Which is why one gag concerns the apparent interchangeability of the twenty-something Wall Street brokers and dealers with whom our narrator consorts.
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This interchangeability is not to diminish these bands 'various accomplishments, but rather to highlight the impressive nature of a two-noun when they actually succeed in standing out from the endless trail of boys setting up and breaking down drum sets -- especially on the stage at Mercury Lounge.
Monica Klein: Small Black Stands Out At Mercury Lounge (FREE MP3, SLIDESHOW) 2010
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