"incompressible" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From French incompressible, from in- + compressible. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|incompressible}} French incompressible, {{prefix|en|in|compressible}} in- + compressible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} incompressible (not comparable)
  1. Not compressible. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not compressible): несвиваем (nesvivaem) (Bulgarian), onsamendrukbaar (Dutch), puristumaton (Finnish), incompressible (French), inkompressibel (German), απίεστος (apíestos) (Greek), incomprimibile (Italian), nieściśliwy (Polish), inkompressibel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-incompressible-en-adj-l57O2EPC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 46 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 61 9 0 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 6 0 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'not compressible': 98 2
  2. (calculus, of a vector field) Having a divergence equal to zero. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Calculus
    Sense id: en-incompressible-en-adj-nX~KUWzX Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 46 54 Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incompressable, uncompressable, uncompressible Derived forms: incompressibleness

Alternative forms

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