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transformable, a.|trɑːnsˈfɔːməb(ə)l, træns-, -nz-|
[f. as prec. + -able.]
That may be transformed; capable of transformation.
1674Grew Mixture iii. §1 All Principles are immutable; as we have above proved; and, therefore, not generable, formable, or transformable. 1870H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. i. vi. §47 (ed. 2) 117 If the psychical force known as effort were transformable into a constant quantity of physical force. 1875Poste Gaius iii. Comm. (ed. 2) 358 An obligation..is always transformable, in the eye of the law, into the payment of a certain sum of money. 1902J. Larmor in Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 166/2 Constituents..transformable into each other by chemical or physical action. 1904Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 8/5 Justice..is such a transformable quality, that it is somewhat difficult to define it.
Hence transformaˈbility.
1875Poste Gaius iii. Comm. (ed. 2) 358 This transformability of all Objects of obligation into money payments. |