INCOMPRESSIBILITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being incompressible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("incompressibility" is a kind of...):

hardness (the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale)

Antonym:

compressibility (the property of being able to occupy less space)

Derivation:

incompressible (incapable of being compressed; resisting compression)

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