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to interconvert

to interconvert

7.0
To change from one form or state to another and then back again
  • verb
  • /ˌɪntərkənˈvɜrt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : interconvertir
  • Consider a chemically reactive system in which molecular species A and B can interconvert.

Examples

  • Specifically, a novel phase-variable colony opacity phenotype was discovered in A. baumannii strain AB5075, in which colonies interconvert between opaque and translucent variants.

    Academic text (2018)

  • In a laboratory, scientists can interconvert different chemical compounds by altering their temperatures and pressures.

  • And all cells in our body have to process, store or breakdown, interconvert all the molecules that we get from our food.

  • So that means that that if you put base in in with these two molecules, they'll interconvert OK easily.

  • And in fact, presently, there is no data to suggest that you can interconvert stem cell lineages.

  • Many groups are working to go beyond performing QFC between the visible and telecommunications bands and to interconvert microwave and visible light.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The reason for that is, is because biology, as you will see when we talk about metabolism, interconverts these via isomerase reactions.

  • Many mammals can interconvert their metabolic pathways to adapt to changes in their environment.

  • Researchers are studying how these materials interconvert under varying conditions of heat and pressure.

How Reversible

to revert
67 4.2
to interconvert
  • Specialized
7.0
to convert
65 3.7
to transform
523 3.4
to change
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

interconvert infinitive
interconverted past
interconverted past participle
interconverting present participle
interconverts third person singular

Morphology

interconvert = convert (transparent) = inter + convert

The verb is formed by adding the productive prefix 'inter-' to 'convert', indicating mutual or reciprocal conversion, which is straightforward for learners familiar with 'convert' and 'inter-'.

Etymology

The word interconvert is made of inter- meaning 'between' and convert meaning 'change', the same convert you already know. So interconvert means to change 'between' two forms or states, often switching back and forth.