compatibility

com·pat·i·ble

C0525000 (kəm-păt′ə-bəl)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. 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.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin compatībilis, from Late Latin compatī, to sympathize; see compassion.]

com·pat′i·bil′i·ty, com·pat′i·ble·ness n.com·pat′i·bly adv.

Compatibility

See Also: BELONGING

Companionable as a cat and a goldfish —Anon
Companionable [a mother and son] as a pair of collusive old whores —David Leitch
Compatible as the stars and stripes on the American flag —Elyse Sommer
Get on like a house on fire —Ngaio Marsh
Get on like salt and iron —Loren D. Estleman
Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore —Malcom Muggeridge quoted in Time, September 14, 1953
Got along like Siamese twins —George Garrett
Go together like a computer and an abacus —Anon
Go together like apples and pie crust —Elyse Sommer
These ‘go-togethers’ provide endless opportunity for additional twists.
Go together like bagels and cream cheese —Anon
Go together like blueberries and cream —Anon
Go together like coffee and danish —Anon
Go together like ice cream and salt —Anon
Go together like meatballs and spaghetti —Anon
Go together like paper and pencil —Anon
Go together like tea and lemon —Anon
Got on like twin souls —Edward Marsh
Irreconcilable as a jazz band and a symphony orchestra —Paul Mourand
No more affinity for each other than a robin for a goldfish —Eleanor Kirk
Struck [Flanner and Mike Wallace] it off together like a pair of lighted pinwheels —Janet Flanner

Thesaurus

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

compatibility

noun1. agreement, consistency, accordance, affinity, conformity, concord, congruity, accord National courts can freeze any law while its compatibility with European Community legislation is tested.2. like-mindedness, harmony, empathy, rapport, single-mindedness, amity, sympathy, congeniality Dating allows people to check out their compatibility before making a commitment to one another.

Translations

兼容性

compatible

(kəmˈpӕtəbl) adjective able to agree or exist successfully side by side. 相容的，兼容的，可共存的 comˌpatiˈbility noun兼容性comˈpatibly adverb和谐地

compatibility

[kəm‚pad·ə′bil·ə·dē] (computer science) The ability of one device to accept data handled by another device without conversion of the data or modification of the code. (immunology) Ability of two bloods or other tissues to unite and function together. (ordnance) In ammunition, the ability of a given material to exist unchanged under certain conditions of temperature and moisture when in the presence of some other specific material. (pharmacology) The capacity of two or more ingredients in a medicine to mix without chemical change or loss of therapeutic effectiveness. (systems engineering) The ability of a new system to serve users of an old system.

compatibility

compatible

compatibility

The degree with which software works with hardware and/or other software. As hardware and software evolve, compatibility is a fundamental problem that never ends in the computer industry. At some point in time, new hardware instructions have to be developed that allow a computer to process more efficiently, and existing software has to be updated to take advantage of it. Equally important is the enhancement of operating systems and their related development systems in order to perform new tasks. Applications have to be modified to take advantage of them. See standards.

compatibility

[kom-pat″ĭ-bil´ĭ-te] the quality of being compatible" >compatible; see also histocompatibility.

com·pat·i·bil·i·ty

(kom-pat'ĭ-bil'i-tē), The condition or state of being compatible.

compatibility

Able to be safely mixed, as in the case of blood for transfusion or drugs for simultaneous administration.

compatibility

a state where two organisms or parts of organisms can be mixed. Examples are when two plants can cross-fertilize; when two tissues can be added together, as in transplant surgery or blood transfusion; when two PLASMIDS can coexist in the same cell line. Animal compatibility depends on suitable matching of ANTIGENS and ANTIBODIES. See also SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY.

compatibility

noun

Synonyms for compatibility

noun agreement

Synonyms

agreement
consistency
accordance
affinity
conformity
concord
congruity
accord

noun like-mindedness

Synonyms

like-mindedness
harmony
empathy
rapport
single-mindedness
amity
sympathy
congeniality

Antonyms for compatibility

noun a feeling of sympathetic understanding

Related Words

fellow feeling
sympathy

noun capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination

Related Words

congeniality
congenialness
harmony
harmoniousness
accord
agreement
correspondence
characteristic

Antonyms

incompatibility