convertible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
  2. noun a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
    convertible security.
  3. noun a sofa that can be converted into a bed
    sofa bed.
  4. adjective capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
    exchangeable.
    • convertible securities
  5. adjective satellite designed to be changed from one use or form to another
    • a convertible sofa
    • a convertible coupe
  6. adjective satellite capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
    transmutable; transformable; translatable.
    • is lead really transmutable into gold?
    • ideas translatable into reality

WordNet

Con*vert"i*ble adjective
Etymology
L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
    Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey.
  2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
    So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. Trench.

Webster 1913