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Webster 1913 Edition

Compressibility

Com-pressˊi-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
compressibilité
.]
The quality of being compressible of being compressible;
as, the
compressibility
of elastic fluids
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Compressibility

COMPRESSIBILITY

,
Noun.
The quality of being compressible, or yielding to pressure; the quality of being capable of compression into a smaller space or compass; as the compressibility of elastic fluids, or of any soft substance.

Definition 2024

compressibility

compressibility

English

Noun

compressibility ‎(plural compressibilities)

  1. the degree to which something is compressible
  2. (thermodynamics) the product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature

Translations

References

  • Physical Chemistry. A molecular approach Donald A. McQuarrie, John D. Simon page 642

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