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The property of being incompressible
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incompressibility
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Incompressibility may refer to: a property in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics, see Compressibility or Incompressible flow a property of a vector field, see Solenoidal vector field a topological property, see Incompressible surface
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of being incompressible [ant: compressibility ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure 2 (context physics English) The bulk modulus or modulus of incompressibility, measured in either electron volts or dynes per square centimeter.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incompressibility \In`com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. incompressibilit['e].] The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids. The incompressibility of water is ...
Usage examples of incompressibility.
Earlier, weaker ships went to pieces against the solid-seeming wall of atmospheric incompressibility at the velocity of sound.