Incompressibility

Origin

- + compressibility

Full definition of incompressibility

Noun

1. The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressureWater has a high degree of incompressibility.
2. (physics) The bulk modulus or modulus of incompressibility, measured in either electron volts or dynes per square centimeter.
• The value 120 MeV for the incompressibility is unrealistically small when compared with the value ~180-240 MeV!