Crossword-Solution: INCOMPRESSIBILITY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Incompressibility | n. | 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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Sentences with INCOMPRESSIBILITY (5)
Heat, light, magnetism, electricity, projectiles, digestion, and the incompressibility of water were studied by the right method and with results that enriched the world.
These properties of the ether, incompressibility and elastic rigidity, are quite conceivable by themselves; but difficulties of thought appear when we reflect upon another quality which the ether clearly must possess--namely, frictionlessness.
The condition is of course artificial, but it represents the actual processes of nature as well as may be, consistently with the postulated incompressibility and homogeneity.
The theory that they are sensitive to differences of hydrostatic pressure as the fish moves from one depth to another rests on no foundation, since it has yet to be shown how a change of pressure within the limits of the incompressibility of water can produce a sensation in an organ permeated throughout with water.
Thus we see that the resistance of a beam to a cross strain, as well as to tension and compression, is affected by the incompressibility and inextensibility of the material.