incoercible

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incoercible - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Incoercible \In`co*er"ci*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + coercible:
     cf. F. incoercible.]
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     1. Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
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     2. (Physics) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a
        liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above its critical  temperature
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     3. (Physics) That can note be confined in, or excluded from,
        vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the
        imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.
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