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REPLACEABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does replaceable mean?
• REPLACEABLE (adjective)
The adjective REPLACEABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being replaced
Familiarity information: REPLACEABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being replaced
Similar:
exchangeable; interchangeable; similar; standardised; standardized (capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability)
Also:
expendable (suitable to be expended)
Antonym:
irreplaceable (impossible to replace)
Derivation:
replaceability (exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable)
Context examples
A device that is designed as a removable and replaceable part of another device.
(Cell Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
The inner component of a double-cannula device, designed to be easily removable and replaceable.
(Inner Cannula Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
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