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noun
The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The bulk modulus or modulus of incompressibility, measured in either electron volts or dynes per square centimeter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
the property of being incompressible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: compressibility
Broader terms: hardness
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English compressibility English incompressibility From in- + compressibility.
