interchangeable — Dicionário de inglês

Adjetivo

1. Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinônimos

   equivalent

   Exemplos

   Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.

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   Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.

   Sometimes the same words mean opposite things. Sometimes the opposite is true. Shock absorbers are called shocks. Slow down and slow up are interchangeable.

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   The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.

2. Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

Substantivo

1. Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.

Adjetivo

1. (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged

   Exemplos

   the arguments of the symmetric relation, ‘is a sister of,’ are interchangeable

2. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

   Sinônimos

   exchangeablesimilarstandardizedstandardised

   Exemplos

   interchangeable electric outlets

   interchangeable parts