incompressible
English
Etymology
From French incompressible, from in- + compressible.
Adjective
incompressible (not comparable)
- Not compressible.
- (calculus, of a vector field) Having a divergence equal to zero.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
not compressible
|
French
Etymology
in- + compressible
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
incompressible (plural incompressibles)
- incompressible
- (law) for a penalty (peine incompressible): mandatory (period, minimum), ineligibility (period of parole ~)
Further reading
- “incompressible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.