incompressible
adjective
in·com·press·ible
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Definition of incompressible
: incapable of or resistant to compression
Examples of incompressible in a Sentence
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The Web browsing workload—16 parallel downloads of a 128KB incompressible file, rate-limited to 1Mbps by sleeping in between operations as necessary—is the key to measuring network performance. — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, "Exclusive: Plume’s new “Superpod” hardware is here—and it’s fast," 12 June 2018 Bumps in the road were dampened by the incompressible fluid squeezing the compressible gas in the spheres. — The Economist, "A new type of smooth car suspension," 15 Mar. 2018 Initially, the moving air, which behaves as an incompressible flow in the open-ended AirDancer, creates enough pressure to inflate the tube. — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, "How the Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Man Pulls Off Those Fresh Moves," 17 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incompressible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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