1.
[syn: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance]
2. (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue);
3. the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. -ties. [Cf.
F. incompatibilit['e].]
The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency;
irreconcilableness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incompatibility
n 1: the relation between propositions that cannot both be true
at the same time [syn: incompatibility, mutual
exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance]
2: (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system
will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or
transplanted tissue)
3: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial
combination [ant: compatibility]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly
the taste for domination. Incompatibility may, however, consist of a
meek-eyed matron living just around the corner. It has even been
known to wear a moustache.