compatibility

com·pat·i·ble  (km-pt-bl)

adj.

1. Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others: compatible family relationships.

2. Capable of orderly, efficient integration and operation with other elements in a system with no modification or conversion required.

3. Capable of forming a chemically or biochemically stable system.

4. Of or relating to a television system in which color broadcasts can be received in black and white by sets incapable of color reception.

5. Medicine Capable of being grafted, transfused, or transplanted from one individual to another without rejection: compatible blood.

n.

A device, such as a computer or computer software, that can be integrated into or used with another device or system of its type.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin compatbilis, from Late Latin compat, to sympathize; see compassion.]

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com·pati·bili·ty, com·pati·ble·ness n.

com·pati·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	compatibility - a feeling of sympathetic understanding fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
	2.	compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination congeniality, congenialness - compatibility between persons harmony, harmoniousness - compatibility in opinion and action accord - sympathetic compatibility agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" characteristic - a distinguishing quality incompatibility - the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination

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compatibility

noun 1. agreement, consistency, accordance, affinity, conformity, concord, congruity, accord

noun 2. like-mindedness, harmony, empathy, rapport, single-mindedness, amity, sympathy, congeniality

Translations

compatibility [kəmpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → compatibilidad f

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compatibility [kəmpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → compatibilité f

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compatibility [kəmpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → Vereinbarkeit f; Zueinanderpassen nt; Kompatibilität f

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compatibility [kəmpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → compatibilità