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incompressibility
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incompressibility
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 not absolute.
--Rees.
Wiktionary
incompressibility
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.
WordNet
incompressibility
n. the property of being incompressible [ant: compressibility]
Wikipedia
Incompressibility
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
Usage examples of "incompressibility".
Earlier, weaker ships went to pieces against the solid-seeming wall of atmospheric incompressibility at the velocity of sound.