incompressible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From in- + compressible. Compare French incompressible.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Not compressible.
As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […].
1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:
- (not-comparable, of a vector field) Having a divergence equal to zero.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncompressible | alternative | lexicographic | |
| uncompressable | alternative | lexicographic | |
| incompressable | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (9)
bg несвиваем (not compressible) · nl onsamendrukbaar (not compressible) · it incomprimibile (not compressible) · fi puristumaton (not compressible) · fr incompressible (not compressible) · de inkompressibel (not compressible) · el απίεστος (not compressible) · sv inkompressibel (not compressible) · pl nieściśliwy (not compressible)