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Dictionary: com·pat·i·ble   (kəm-păt'ə-bəl) pronunciation
 
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.

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

compatibility com·pat'i·bil'i·ty or com·pat'i·ble·ness n.
compatibly com·pat'i·bly adv.
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Business Dictionary: Compatible
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1. Term describing two devices that can work together. For example, a particular brand of printer is compatible with a particular computer to which it can be connected.

2. Two computers that can run the same programs. Many microcomputer programs claim to be ‘IBM-PC compatible.'

 
Antonyms: compatible
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adj

Definition: agreeable, in harmony
Antonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic, disagreeable, incompatible, inharmonious, unsuitable, unsuited


 
Philosophy Dictionary: compatible
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Two propositions are compatible if they can both be true together, i.e. they are not mutually inconsistent.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: compatible
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Capable of existing together without adverse reaction. In therapeutics drugs that can be administered together without reacting together so as to destroy each other's effectiveness.

 
Word Tutor: compatible
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Able to be together and get along.

pronunciation Scruffy and Fluffy were very compatible puppies.

 
Misspellings: compatible
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Common misspelling(s) of compatible

  • compatable

 
Translations: Compatible
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som passer godt sammen, forenelig, kompatibel
n. - kompatibel pc

Nederlands (Dutch)
verenigbaar, combineerbaar met andere merken (computer)

Français (French)
adj. - (Comput) compatible
n. - (Comput) ordinateur (compatible)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vereinbar, kompatibel
n. - Vereinbarkeit, Zueinander-passen, Kompatibilität, Verträglichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμβατός, ταιριαστός, συμβαδίζων, εναρμονισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
compatibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - compatível

Русский (Russian)
совместимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - compatible, conciliable
n. - pieza, parte o equipo que tiene igual diseño que otro y realiza similares funciones

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förenlig, kompatibel (tekn.), överensstämmande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
谐调的, 兼容的, 一致的, 兼容

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 諧調的, 相容的, 一致的
n. - 相容

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 양립할 수 있는, 흑백 겸용식의, 호환성이 있는
n. - 다른 형태용으로 만들어진 소프트웨어를 사용할 수 있는 컴퓨터

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 矛盾しない, 相性のよい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مطابق, ملائم, لائق, مناسب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתאים, הולם, תואם‬
n. - ‮מחשב תואם‬


 
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commtechlab.msu.edu
 

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mathworld.wolfram.com
 
 
 
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