[1950–55; inter- + convert]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, action painting, bleep, drip-dry, point-of-saleinter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental)
Examples of 'interconvert' in a sentence
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The final aggregates interconvert with topologically distinct oligomeric states exclusively via internal rearrangements.
Dirk Matthes, Vytautas Gapsys, Venita Daebel, Bert L. de Groot 2011, 'Mapping the Conformational Dynamics and Pathways of Spontaneous Steric Zipper PeptideOligomerization', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0019129. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Molecular modelling demonstrates that these two conformers are distinct and cannot interconvert.
Joanna M. Watt, Mark P. Thomas, Barry V. L. Potter 2018, 'Synthetic cADPR analogues may form only one of two possible conformational diastereoisomers',Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-33484-x. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Neuroblastoma includes adrenergic and mesenchymal cell types that can interconvert.
Tim van Groningen, Nurdan Akogul, Ellen M. Westerhout, Alvin Chan, Nancy E. Hasselt,Danny A. Zwijnenburg, Marloes Broekmans, Peter Stroeken, Franciska Haneveld, GerritK. J. Hooijer, C. Dilara Savci-Heijink, Arjan Lakeman, Richard Volckmann, Peter vanSluis, Linda J. Valentijn, Jan Koster, Rogier Versteeg, Johan van Nes 2019, 'A NOTCH feed-forward loop drives reprogramming from adrenergic to mesenchymal statein neuroblastoma', Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-019-09470-w. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The principal products of these reactions are dicalcium phosphate and octacalcium phosphate, which may interconvert after formation.
von Wandruszka Ray 2006, 'Phosphorus retention in calcareous soils and the effect of organic matter on its mobility',Geochemical Transactionshttp://www.geochemicaltransactions.com/content/7/1/6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The binding-incompetent states interconvert with binding-competent states throughstructural rearrangement of the binding site on the nanosecond to microsecond timescale.
Becka M. Warfield, Peter C. Anderson 2017, 'Molecular simulations and Markov state modeling reveal the structural diversity anddynamics of a theophylline-binding RNA aptamer in its unbound state', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0176229. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)