- (n.) An incompatible substance; especially, in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities; as, the incompatibles of iron.
- (a.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
- (a.) Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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