incompressibility

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ compressibility.

Noun

incompressibility (countable and uncountable, plural incompressibilities)

1. The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure

   Water 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.
   • 1997, Ignazio Bombaci, Physical Review C‎^[1], volume 55, →DOI:

     The value 120 MeV for the incompressibility is unrealistically small when compared with the value ~180-240 MeV!