- incompressible
- in·com·pres·si·ble (in″kəm-presґĭ-bəl) not susceptible of being squeezed together.
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incompressible — [ ɛ̃kɔ̃presibl ] adj. • 1680; de 1. in et compressible 1 ♦ Phys. Qui n est pas compressible, dont le volume ne diminue pas par la pression. Aucun fluide n est incompressible. 2 ♦ Fig. Impossible à réduire. Frais, délais incompressibles. ⊗ CONTR.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Incompressible — In com*press i*ble, a. [Pref. in not + compressible: cf. F. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incompressible — index solid (compact) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
incompressible — [in΄kəm pres′ə bəl] adj. that cannot be compressed incompressibility n … English World dictionary
incompressible — (in kon prè ssi bl ) adj. 1° Terme de physique. Qui n est pas compressible, dont le volume ne se réduit pas par la compression. • Pourquoi l eau est elle incompressible ?, VOLT. Sing. 23. • La propriété caractéristique des fluides soit… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
INCOMPRESSIBLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physique. Qui ne peut être comprimé. Aucun corps matériel n est absolument incompressible … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
INCOMPRESSIBLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physique Qui ne peut être comprimé. Aucun corps matériel n’est absolument incompressible … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
Incompressible flow — In fluid mechanics or more generally continuum mechanics, an incompressible flow is solid or fluid flow in which the divergence of velocity is zero. This is more precisely termed isochoric flow. It is an idealization used to simplify analysis. In … Wikipedia
Incompressible surface — In mathematics, an incompressible surface, heuristically, is a surface, embedded in a 3 manifold, which has been simplified as much as possible while remaining nontrivial inside the 3 manifold. For a precise definition, suppose that S is a… … Wikipedia
Incompressible string — An incompressible string is one that cannot be compressed because it lacks sufficient repeating sequences. Whether a string is compressible will often depend on the algorithm being used. Some examples may illuminate this.Suppose we have the… … Wikipedia
incompressible flow — nespūdusis tekėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. incompressible flow vok. inkompressible Strömung, f rus. несжимаемое течение, n pranc. écoulement incompressible, m; courant incompressible, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
