Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incompressibility"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

incompressibility
n : the property of being incompressible [ant: {compressibility}]


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