Incompressible

Incompressible
Incompressible In`com*press"i*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + compressible: cf. F. incompressible.] Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- {In`com*press"i*ble*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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  • incompressible — [ ɛ̃kɔ̃presibl ] adj. • 1680; de 1. in et compressible 1 ♦ Phys. Qui n est pas compressible, dont le volume ne diminue pas par la pression. Aucun fluide n est incompressible. 2 ♦ Fig. Impossible à réduire. Frais, délais incompressibles. ⊗ CONTR.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • incompressible — index solid (compact) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • incompressible — [in΄kəm pres′ə bəl] adj. that cannot be compressed incompressibility n …   English World dictionary

  • incompressible — (in kon prè ssi bl ) adj. 1°   Terme de physique. Qui n est pas compressible, dont le volume ne se réduit pas par la compression. •   Pourquoi l eau est elle incompressible ?, VOLT. Sing. 23. •   La propriété caractéristique des fluides soit… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • INCOMPRESSIBLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physique. Qui ne peut être comprimé. Aucun corps matériel n est absolument incompressible …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • INCOMPRESSIBLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physique Qui ne peut être comprimé. Aucun corps matériel n’est absolument incompressible …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • Incompressible flow — In fluid mechanics or more generally continuum mechanics, an incompressible flow is solid or fluid flow in which the divergence of velocity is zero. This is more precisely termed isochoric flow. It is an idealization used to simplify analysis. In …   Wikipedia

  • Incompressible surface — In mathematics, an incompressible surface, heuristically, is a surface, embedded in a 3 manifold, which has been simplified as much as possible while remaining nontrivial inside the 3 manifold. For a precise definition, suppose that S is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Incompressible string — An incompressible string is one that cannot be compressed because it lacks sufficient repeating sequences. Whether a string is compressible will often depend on the algorithm being used. Some examples may illuminate this.Suppose we have the… …   Wikipedia

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