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Webster 1913 Edition

Incompatible

Inˊcom-pat′i-ble

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
compatible
: cf. F.
incompatible
.]
[It was formerly sometimes written
incompetible
.]
1.
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.
A strength and obduracy of character
incompatible
with his meek and innocent nature.
Southey.
2.
(Chem.)
Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
Syn. – Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable; unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant; contradictory. See
Inconsistent
.

Inˊcom-pat′i-ble

,
Noun.
(Med. & Chem.)
An incompatible substance; esp., in
pl.
, 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Incompatible

INCOMPAT'IBLE

,
Adj.
[L. in and competo, to suit, to be proper or convenient; con and peto, to press toward, to seek, or press on. It was formerly incompetible.]
1.
Inconsistent; that cannot subsist with something else. Thus, truth and falsehood are essentially incompatible, as are virtue and vice. A degree of cold that congeals water is incompatible with vegetation. Dissipation is incompatible with health, reputation and virtue.
2.
Irreconcilably different or disagreeing; incongruous; as incompatible tempers.
3.
Legally or constitutionally inconsistent; that cannot be united in the same person, without violating the law or constitution. By our constitution, the offices of a legislator and of a judge are incompatible,as they cannot be held at the same time by the same person.

Definition 2024

incompatible

incompatible

English

Adjective

incompatible ‎(comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

  1. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
  2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

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Noun

incompatible ‎(plural incompatibles)

  1. (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
  2. (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
    • 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.

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +‎ compatible.

Adjective

incompatible m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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French

Adjective

incompatible m, f ‎(plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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Galician

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Adjective

incompatible m, f (plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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Spanish

Adjective

incompatible m, f ‎(plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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Etymology

French incompatible.

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