Incompressibility

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incompressibility \In`com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
     incompressibilit['e].]
     The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of
     reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a
     property of liquids.
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           The incompressibility of water is not absolute. --Rees.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incompressibility
       n : the property of being incompressible [ant: {compressibility}]