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noun
The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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noun
the ability to execute a given program on different types of computers without modification of the program or the computers. See backward compatibility and forward compatibility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
the capability that allows the substitution of one subsystem (storage facility), or of one functional unit (e.g., hardware, software), for the originally designated system or functional unit in a relatively transparent manner, without loss of information and without the introduction of errors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
the continuity or good fit of material or members or components while being deformed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: structural analysis
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noun
capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: incompatibility
Broader terms: characteristic
Narrower terms: congenialness, congeniality, harmony, harmoniousness, accord, agreement, correspondence
noun
a feeling of sympathetic understanding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sympathy, fellow feeling
History
Borrowed from New Latin compatibilitās. By surface analysis, compatible + -ity.
Across languages
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