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incompressible

 
Dictionary: in·com·press·i·ble   (ĭn'kəm-prĕs'ə-bəl) pronunciation
 
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adj.

Impossible to compress; resisting compression: mounds of incompressible garbage.

incompressibility in'com·press'i·bil'i·ty n.
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adjective

    Unyielding to pressure or force: firm1, hard, solid. See resist/yield, strong/weak.

 
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: impossible to compress; resisting compression
  Antonym: compressible (meaning #1)

 
 
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