Incompressibility

  • 81sponginess — noun 1. the porosity of a sponge • Derivationally related forms: ↑spongy • Hypernyms: ↑porosity, ↑porousness 2. the property of being able to occupy less space • Syn: ↑compressibility, ↑ …

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  • 82squeezability — noun the property of being able to occupy less space • Syn: ↑compressibility, ↑sponginess • Ant: ↑incompressibility (for: ↑compressibility) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 83autantitypy — (ɔːtænˈtɪtɪpɪ) [f. Gr. αὐτ(ο self + antitypy.] ‘The positive notion of an insuperable power in body of resisting compression; ultimate or absolute incompressibility.’ Sir W. Hamilton Dissert. in Reid s Wks. 847 …

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