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incompressibility en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure
   • Water has a high degree of incompressibility.
2. (countable, uncountable) The bulk modulus or modulus of incompressibility, measured in either electron volts or dynes per square centimeter.
   • The value 120 MeV for the incompressibility is unrealistically small when compared with the value ~180-240 MeV! 1997, Ignazio Bombaci, Physical Review C, volume 55, →DOI:

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