EGAVE

interchangeable

About 1.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.
    Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.
  2. adjective Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.
  3. noun Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.

Similar words

exchangeable replaceable reciprocal complementary standardized similar symmetric symmetrical swappable switchable

Often followed by

with parts in and terms lenses as for between

Word family

interchangeabilities interchangeability interchangeableness interchangeablenesses interchangeably

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