Verb (used with object), : Electricity has replaced gas in lighting. ,to replace a broken dish. ,to replace a sum of money borrowed. ,to replace the vase on the table. From Dictionary.com.
H. assumed, in short, as has been pointed out by Sir J.H. Gilbert, a greater amount of mutual replaceability amongst the bases than can be now admitted. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
In general, one's position in an organization, one's salary ranking in that organization and one's value/replaceability in that organization all lead to a delineation of power or powerlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Audience Weighs In On Brett Farve, Black 'Girl Power'] Reference
We can stick to rankings within one aesthetic value (hence we may be able to compare Guernica with Picasso's late nudes), and when we have to make practical choices about what to buy, or what to save, or what to read, we can use other commensurable values, such as convenience, or replaceability, and make decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Value Pluralism] Reference
Ed Johnson's suspension, but this is a defense based on replaceability and. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
"Instead of the space you need for replaceability, we put extra battery in.". From Wordnik.com. [Shiny Shiny] Reference
That we acknowledge our historical roots, in a way that science's stories, with their emphasis on replaceability, do not?. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange -] Reference
"Three pounds, let's be honest," the PFY says, having created a Moore's law of his own about the replaceability of desktop printers. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
The way I read this, the FSF is suggesting that all proprietary (i.e. non-free) software is evil, and should be avoided at all costs, regardless of its function or replaceability. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Ubuntu] Reference
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