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compressibility
[ kuhm-pres-uh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- the quality or state of being compressible.
- Physics. the reciprocal of the bulk modulus, equal to the ratio of the fractional change in volume to the stress applied to a body.
compressibility
/ 办蓹尘藢辫谤蓻蝉瑟藞产瑟濒瑟迟瑟 /
noun
- the ability to be compressed
- physics the reciprocal of the bulk modulus; the ratio of volume strain to stress at constant temperature k
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍顎卌辞尘路辫谤别蝉顎却颈路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of compressibility1
Example Sentences
Some current models to explain water anomalies cannot adequately reproduce the thermodynamic properties of water, such as its compressibility and heat capacity.
"Our goal was to create a metafluid that not only possesses these remarkable attributes but also provides a platform for programmable viscosity, compressibility and optical properties."
The researchers had predicted that liquified material would be easier to squeeze than solid rock, but the 鈥渃ompressibility鈥 they observed in the experiments was even greater than expected.
His first significant contribution to science concerned the springiness, or compressibility, of air, and involved the most famous experiment of his illustrious career.
When World War II fighter planes approached supersonic speed during dives, pilots often lost control because of 鈥渃ompressibility鈥 鈥 a phenomenon that buffeted their craft with shock waves and rendered their controls terrifyingly useless.
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