the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
Incapable of being combined without a dangerous effect, e g , descriptive of two or more substances that produce an unfavorable chemical reaction if they come in contact
incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron
not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture
Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition
If one type of computer or computer system is incompatible with another, they cannot use the same programs or be linked up together. This made its mini-computers incompatible with its mainframes compatible
If one thing or person is incompatible with another, they are very different in important ways, and do not suit each other or agree with each other. They feel strongly that their religion is incompatible with the political system compatible + incompatibility in·com·pat·ibil·ity Incompatibility between the mother's and the baby's blood groups may cause jaundice