Meaning & use
Compressibility
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The property or degree to which a substance, especially a gas or liquid, can be reduced in volume under pressure.
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Engineers had to account for the compressibility of air when designing the wind tunnel.
Water has very low compressibility compared to gases like oxygen.
A note on using this word
Compressibility is a key concept in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics, distinguishing gases (highly compressible) from most liquids (nearly incompressible).
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