Meanings
alternative incompressable · alternative uncompressable · alternative uncompressible
- not comparableNot compressible.
As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […].
1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 188 - not comparablecalculusHaving a divergence equal to zero.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveincapable of being compressed; resisting compression
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From in- + compressible. Compare French incompressible.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian несвиваем
- несвиваем (nesvivaem)not compressible
Dutch onsamendrukbaar
- onsamendrukbaarnot compressible
Finnish puristumaton
- puristumatonnot compressible
French incompressible
- incompressiblenot compressible
German inkompressibel
- inkompressibelnot compressible
Greek απίεστος
- απίεστος (apíestos)not compressible
Italian incomprimibile
- incomprimibilenot compressible
Polish nieściśliwy
- nieściśliwynot compressible
Swedish inkompressibel
- inkompressibelnot compressible
Cite this entry
incompressible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompressible
“incompressible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompressible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incompressible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompressible.
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