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INTERCHANGEABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interchangeably mean? 

INTERCHANGEABLY (adverb)
  The adverb INTERCHANGEABLY has 1 sense:

1. in an interchangeable mannerplay

  Familiarity information: INTERCHANGEABLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERCHANGEABLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In an interchangeable manner

Context example:

these terms can be used interchangeably

Pertainym:

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


 Context examples 


Often used interchangeably as a synonym for subject but healthy volunteers are not, strictly speaking, patients.

(Patient, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Although used interchangeably with cell division, strictly speaking the term mitosis refers to nuclear division; cytokinesis refers to division of the cytoplasm.

(Nuclear Division, NCI Thesaurus)

Laetrile and amygdalin are often used interchangeably, but are different agents.

(Laetrile, NCI Thesaurus)

Sao Paulo is the second largest Brazilian city, with 7 million vehicles on the roads and the largest urban fleet in the country of flexible-fuel cars that can use ethanol or gasoline interchangeably.

(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)



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