Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
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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