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.
The incompressibility of water is not absolute. Rees.
© Webster 1913.
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