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COMPATIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
Example:
her deeds were compatible with her ideology
Classified under:
Similar:
congenial ((used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted)
congruous (suitable or appropriate together)
harmonious (existing together in harmony)
Also:
congenial (suitable to your needs)
harmonious (musically pleasing)
matched (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)
Antonym:
incompatible (not compatible)
Derivation:
compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
Classified under:
Domain category:
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Antonym:
incompatible (incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
miscible; mixable ((chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed)
Context examples:
A solution intended for intravenous administration simultaneously with an established compatible maintenance infusion drug by a mutual intravenous access.
(Intravenous Piggyback Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
The occasional or regional occurrence of gemistocytic neoplastic cells is compatible with the diagnosis of fibrillary astrocytoma.
(Fibrillary Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
A solution that is reconstituted from a frozen pre-mixed form intended for intravenous administration simultaneously with an established compatible maintenance infusion drug by a mutual intravenous access.
(Frozen Premix Intravenous Piggyback Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
The Postdoctoral Intramural Research Awards Program provides new investigators with advanced training and an opportunity to conduct full-time research in a laboratory environment that is compatible with the interests of the participant.
(Intramural Research Training Award, NCI Thesaurus)
"Lady Dalrymple, Lady Dalrymple," was the rejoicing sound; and with all the eagerness compatible with anxious elegance, Sir Walter and his two ladies stepped forward to meet her.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A group formed for the purpose of developing a system of clinical staging for cancer that is acceptable to the American medical profession and is compatible with other accepted classifications.
(American Joint Committee on Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
If I, said Mr. Collins, were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an air; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
That, however, in so modest a girl, might be very compatible with innocence; and chusing at least to appear satisfied, he quickly added, No, no, I know that is quite out of the question; quite impossible.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She had never been quite well since the time of their daughter's marriage; and till she should have completely recovered her usual strength, they must forbid her engaging in duties, which, so far from being compatible with a weakened frame and varying spirits, seemed, under the most favourable circumstances, to require something more than human perfection of body and mind to be discharged with tolerable comfort.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The VH and VL regions of anti-CD22 (sFv) and anti-CD19 are reversed and linked by an aggregration stabilizing linker (ARL) consisting of a 20 amino acid segment of human muscle aldolase (hma) and an Xho1-compatible restriction site; the CDR3 region of the VH of anti-CD22 sFv is mutated to enhance its affinity.
(Anti-CD19/Anti-CD22 Bispecific Immunotoxin DT2219ARL, NCI Thesaurus)
