Incompressible

adj

adj ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not compressible. not-comparable

    "As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […]."

  2. 2
    Having a divergence equal to zero. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being compressed; resisting compression wordnet

Example

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"As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […]."

Etymology

From French incompressible, from in- + compressible.

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