Re*place"a*ble (r?-pl?s"?-b'l), a.

1.

Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

2.

Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.

3. Chem.

Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.

 

© Webster 1913.

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