incompatibility
11incompatibility — 1. Genetically or physiologically determined prevention of intermating. 2. A physiological interaction resulting in graft rejection or failure. 3. A function of a related group of plasmids. Incompatible plasmids share similar replication… …
12incompatibility — incompatible ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of two things) not able to exist or be used together. 2) (of two people) unable to have a harmonious relationship. DERIVATIVES incompatibility noun …
13incompatibility — noun 1. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑mutual exclusiveness, ↑inconsistency, ↑repugnance • Derivationally related forms: ↑repugn (for: ↑ …
14Incompatibility thesis — in research methodology is an argument that the quantitative research and qualitative research paradigms cannot coexist. This thesis is supported by philosophies of post structuralists and post modernists (among others), who argue for the… …
15incompatibility group — Plasmids must belong to different incompatibility groups to co exist within the same cell. A plasmid cloning vector should always belong to an incompatibility group different from that of the host bacterium s endogenous plasmids …
16incompatibility — noun (plural ties) Date: 1611 1. a. the quality or state of being incompatible b. lack of interfertility between two plants 2. plural mutually antagonistic things or qualities …
17incompatibility — in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty (ĭn kəm păt ə bĭlʹĭ tē) n. pl. in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ties 1. The state or quality of being incompatible. 2. incompatibilities Mutually exclusive or antagonistic qualities or things. * * * …
18incompatibility — noun The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness …
19Incompatibility, Rh — The state of mother and fetus having different Rh blood group types so that their Rh types are incompatible. The red blood cells of an Rh+ (Rh positive) fetus may in this situation be attacked by antibodies produced by the Rh (Rh negative) mother …
20incompatibility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. variance, conflict, discordance, animosity; see disagreement 1 , opposition 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A marked lack of correspondence or agreement: difference, disagreement, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, gap …
