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uncompressable

uncompressable 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 uncompressable

comparativemore uncompressable
superlativemost uncompressable

Origin of uncompressable

From un- + compressible.

Questions about uncompressable

What is uncompressable the alternative form of?
Uncompressable is the alternative form of incompressible.

Words near uncompressable in the dictionary

  1. uncomprehension
  2. uncomprehensive
  3. uncomprehensively
  4. uncomprehensiveness
  5. uncompress
  6. uncompressable
  7. uncompressed
  8. uncompresses
  9. uncompressible
  10. uncompressing
  11. uncompression

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncompressable (page history and authors); incompressible (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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