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Webster 1913 Edition


Incompatibility

Inˊcom-patˊi-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
-ties
.
[Cf. F.
incompatibilité
.]
The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Incompatibility

INCOMPATIBIL'ITY

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Noun.
[from incompatible.]
1.
Inconsistency; that quality or state of a thing which renders it impossible that it should subsist or be consistent with something else. There is a permanent incompatibility between truth and falsehood.
2.
Irreconcilable disagreement. During the revolution in France, incompatibility of temper was deemed a sufficient cause for divorcing man and wife.

Definition 2024


incompatibility

incompatibility

English

Noun

incompatibility (plural incompatibilities)

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

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  • incompatibility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • incompatibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913