incompressibility

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incompressibility - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Incompressibility \In`com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
     incompressibilit['e].]
     The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of
     reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a
     property of liquids.
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           The incompressibility of water is not absolute. --Rees.
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incompressibility - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  incompressibility
      n 1: the property of being incompressible [ant:
           compressibility, sponginess, squeezability]