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English
Etymology
From French incompressible, from in- + compressible.
Adjective
incompressible (not comparable)
- Not compressible.
1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […] .
- (calculus, of a vector field) Having a divergence equal to zero.
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From in- + compressible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incompressible (plural incompressibles)
- incompressible
- (law) for a penalty (peine incompressible): mandatory (period, minimum), ineligibility (period of parole ~)
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