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What does incompressibility mean?

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Noun
  1. The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure
  2. (physics) The bulk modulus or modulus of incompressibility, measured in either electron volts or dynes per square centimeter.
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In particular, the high deformations and near incompressibility lead to difficulties with FEA calculations.
Other than fluid incompressibility and cyclic averaging, no assumptions are required!
Osmotically induced volume changes result in vesicle shape changes because of the relative incompressibility of the membrane bilayer.
This relationship is valid due to the assumption of incompressibility of the test fluids.
Evidence of compressibility of gases and incompressibility of liquids.
In sharp contrast, relative incompressibility is a characteristic of the liquid state.

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