incompatible

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/

Adjective

incompatible

1. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences

   Synonyms: irreconcilable

2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Antonyms

• compatible

Translations

• French: incompatible
• German: inkompatibel, unvereinbar
• Italian: incompatibile
• Portuguese: incompatível
• Russian: несовмести́мый
• Spanish: incompatible, malavenido

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.
   • 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.

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