English-German translations for interchangeable

• austauschbar
  Diejenigen unter Ihnen, die diese Listen geprüft haben, werden festgestellt haben, dass sie austauschbar sind. Those of you who have examined the lists will have seen that they are interchangeable.
  Nein, Herr Rocard, die Menschen sind weder austauschbar noch identisch, man kann sie nicht mit Hilfe der Informationstechnik modellieren. No, Mr Rocard, human beings are neither interchangeable nor identical, and they cannot be computer-modelled.
  Erstens weil nach der GAP-Reform von 1992 die land- und forstwirtschaftlich genutzten Böden untereinander je nach Konjunktur immer mehr austauschbar werden. First of all since the CAP reform in 1992 farming and forestry land are increasingly interchangeable in terms of market situation.
• auswechselbar

Definition of interchangeable

• Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will
• Following each other in alternate succession; alternating. Chambers 1908--
• Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute

Examples

• Eli Whitneys development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.

Related words

• interchange
• interchangeably
• interchangeability
• uninterchangeable
• American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• cloverleaf interchange
• electronic data interchange
• traffic interchange