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Incompressibility

The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids.

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Hardness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

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Incompressible 74% connected

Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solid…

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Incompressible 74% connected

Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solid…

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Compressibility 94% connected

The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.

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Compressibility 94% connected

The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.

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Ductileness noun · 78% connection

the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets

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Ductility noun · 78% connection

the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets

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Polymer noun · 78% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Assessment noun · 78% connection

A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be l…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incompressible, incapable, reduction, volume, pressure.
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Atmosphere noun · 78% connection

A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.

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Bargain noun · 78% connection

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…

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Blood pressure noun · 78% connection

the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…

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Bulk modulus noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume

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Buoyancy noun · 78% connection

The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a fl…

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Coefficient of expansion noun · 78% connection

the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure

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Compress verb · 78% connection

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to c…

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Compressed adjective · 78% connection

Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

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Density noun · 78% connection

The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance…

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Enthalpy noun · 78% connection

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…

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Estate noun · 78% connection

A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incompressible, incapable, reduction, volume, pressure.
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Expansivity noun · 78% connection

the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure

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Gas noun · 78% connection

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanent…

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Gas constant noun · 78% connection

(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin p…

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Gasometer noun · 78% connection

An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed…

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Heat content noun · 78% connection

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…

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Holosteric adjective · 78% connection

Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of…

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