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uncompressible

uncompressible 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 uncompressible

comparativemore uncompressible
superlativemost uncompressible

Origin of uncompressible

From un- + compressible.

Questions about uncompressible

What is uncompressible the alternative form of?
Uncompressible is the alternative form of incompressible.

Words near uncompressible in the dictionary

  1. uncomprehensiveness
  2. uncompress
  3. uncompressable
  4. uncompressed
  5. uncompresses
  6. uncompressible
  7. uncompressing
  8. uncompression
  9. uncompressions
  10. uncompromisable
  11. uncompromised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncompressible (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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