Compatible

English Meaning

Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

1. Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others: compatible family relationships.
2. Capable of orderly, efficient integration and operation with other elements in a system with no modification or conversion required.
3. Capable of forming a chemically or biochemically stable system.
4. Of or relating to a television system in which color broadcasts can be received in black and white by sets incapable of color reception.
5. Medicine Capable of being grafted, transfused, or transplanted from one individual to another without rejection: compatible blood.
6. A device, such as a computer or computer software, that can be integrated into or used with another device or system of its type.