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Incompressible

Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible.

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Incompressibility 74% connected

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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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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Compressible 94% connected

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

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Compressible 94% connected

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

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Air noun · 78% connection

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressi…

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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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Brace verb · 78% connection

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.

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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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Burst verb · 78% connection

To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…

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Card noun · 78% connection

A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

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Chord noun · 78% connection

The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.

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Circumferentor noun · 78% connection

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays o…

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Compass noun · 78% connection

Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

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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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Compressibility noun · 78% connection

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

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Compressibleness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being compressible; compressibility.

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Crush verb · 78% connection

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

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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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Extensible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contra…

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Fly verb · 78% connection

That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

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Implosion noun · 78% connection

A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in utterin…

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