The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incompressible \In`com*press"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + compressible: cf. F. incompressible.] Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. Not compressible.
WordNet
adj. impossible to compress; resisting compression; "mounds of incompressible garbage" [ant: compressible]
Usage examples of "incompressible".
Beneath the surface, the shock wave traveled through the incompressible water at roughly 6,500 kilometers per hour in an expanding circle, crushing all sea life in its path.
Because water is incompressible, it forms an almost perfect medium for transmitting shock waves.
Beneath the surface, the shock wave traveled through the incompressible water at roughly 6,500 kilometers per hour in an expanding circle, crushing all sea life in its path.
Because water is incompressible, it forms an almost perfect medium for transmitting shock waves.
Because we are made largely of water ourselves, and water is “virtually incompressible,” in the words of Frances Ashcroft of Oxford University, “the body remains at the same pressure as the surrounding water, and is not crushed at depth.
When there was no air remaining in either the rib cage or the intestines, the unconscious man was immersed in a liquid as incompressible as water.