incompressible

[in-kuhm-pres-uh-buhl] / ˌɪn kəmˈprɛs ə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

firm

Synonyms

WEAK

close close-grained compact compressed concentrated concrete condensed congealed dense fine-grained hard hardened heavy impenetrable impermeable impervious inelastic jelled nonporous refractory rigid set solid solidified stiff sturdy substantial thick tough unyielding

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incompressible

"And what we found was that at Mach 6, the turbulence behavior is pretty close to the incompressible flow."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025

Engineers describe these conditions as incompressible flow and compressible flow.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025

Water and air are, to a good approximation, incompressible fluids, and the Navier-Stokes equations are used to design airplane wings and to model weather patterns and ocean currents.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

Another important result involved the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe the dynamics of incompressible fluids.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

The venous arrangements are also peculiar in that the veins are thin-walled and valveless, and open into the rigid, incompressible sinuses which run between the layers of the dura mater.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander