INCOMPATIBILITY

incompatibility

(noun) the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination

incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance

(noun) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

incompatibility

(noun) (immunology) the degree to which the body’s immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

incompatibility (countable and uncountable, plural incompatibilities)

The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability.

Antonyms

• compatibility

Source: Wiktionary


In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. -ties (. Etym: [Cf. F. incompatibilité.]

Definition: The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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