Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incompressible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incompressible
adj : impossible to compress; resisting compression; "mounds of
incompressible garbage" [ant: {compressible}]
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