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2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used
in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is
decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced
through the liquid metal.

Con*vert`i*bil"i*ty (?), n.
The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of
being exchanged; convertibleness.

The mutual convertibility of land into
money, and of money into land.

Burke.

Con*vert"i*ble (?), a. [L.
convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.]
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.

Con*vert"i*ble*ness (?), n.
The state of being convertible; convertibility.

Con*vert"i*bly, adv.


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