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Meaning of INCOMPRESSIBLE

Pronunciation:  `inkum'presubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  impossible to compress; resisting compression; "mounds of incompressible garbage"
 
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 Antonyms: compressible
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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