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incompressible

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in⋅com⋅press⋅i⋅ble

[in-kuhm-pres-uh-buhl]
–adjective
not compressible.

Origin:
1720–30; in- 3 + compressible


in⋅com⋅press⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅com⋅press⋅i⋅bly, adverb
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in·com·press·i·ble   (ĭn'kəm-prěs'ə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to compress; resisting compression: mounds of incompressible garbage.
in'com·press'i·bil'i·ty n.
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