INTERCHANGEABILITY

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Meaning:

The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("interchangeability" is a kind of...):

changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interchangeability"):

duality ((geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry)

transferability (the quality of being transferable or exchangeable)

convertibility (the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction))

inconvertibility (the quality of not being exchangeable)

commutability; replaceability; substitutability (exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable)

liquidity (being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability)

Derivation:

interchangeable (capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability)