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