a component is interchangeable when it meets the original performance specifications and is intermountable. In the case of connectors, interchangeability applies only to connector mated sets, since individual connectors are not necessarily intermateable Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=581-04-03
In`ter·change'a·ble adjective [ Confer Old French entrechangeable .] 1. Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution. ' Interchangeable warrants.' Bacon. 2. Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. Holder.... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/77
adjective (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; `the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,` are interchangeable` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
(of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols. · (of one thing) capable of replacing or changing places with something else: an interchangeable part. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/interchangeable