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Etymology edit

From French incompressible, from in- +‎ compressible.

Adjective edit

incompressible (not comparable)

  1. 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; [] .
  2. (calculus, of a vector field) Having a divergence equal to zero.

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French edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ compressible.

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Adjective edit

incompressible (plural incompressibles)

  1. incompressible
  2. (law) for a penalty (peine incompressible): mandatory (period, minimum), ineligibility (period of parole ~)

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