incompatible
English
Etymology
Adjective
incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)
- Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences
- Synonym: irreconcilable
- (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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- backward-incompatible
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Translations
impossible to coexist; irreconcilable
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Noun
incompatible (plural incompatibles)
- (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
- the incompatibles of iron
- (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
- 2004, Boethius's In Ciceronis Topica, translated by Eleonore Stump
- Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.
- 2004, Boethius's In Ciceronis Topica, translated by Eleonore Stump
Catalan
Etymology
From in- + compatible.
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Further reading
- “incompatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
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- “incompatible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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- “incompatible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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