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incompressable

incompressable is the alternative form of incompressible.

Meaning of incompressible

Adjective

incompressible (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. Having a divergence equal to zero.

Forms of incompressable

comparativemore incompressable
superlativemost incompressable

Origin of incompressable

From in- + compressable.

Questions about incompressable

What is incompressable the alternative form of?
Incompressable is the alternative form of incompressible.

Words near incompressable in the dictionary

  1. incomprehensibly
  2. incomprehension
  3. incomprehensive
  4. incomprehensively
  5. incomprehensiveness
  6. incompressable
  7. incompressibilities
  8. incompressibility
  9. incompressible
  10. incompressibleness
  11. incomputability

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