| 释义 |
compatible /kəm-patˈi-bl/ adjective- Consistent (with), congruous
- Capable of coexistence
- Admissible in combination
- Able to be transplanted into another's body without rejection (medicine and biology)
- Able to form grafts, or capable of self-fertilization (botany)
- (of drugs) able to be used simultaneously without undesirable side-effects or interaction (chem)
- (of computer peripherals, machinery, etc) able to be used together without special modification
- (of computers) able to use the same software
- (of a television system) enabling colour transmissions to be received in black and white by monochrome sets
- Enabling stereophonic signals to be treated as monophonic by mono equipment (old)
ORIGIN: Fr, from L com- with, and patī to suffer compatibilˈity or compatˈibleness noun compatˈibly adverb |