Sentence example with the word 'compressibility'

compressibility

Definition n. the property of being able to occupy less space

Last update: August 31, 2015


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From 1879 to 1888 he was engaged on difficult experimental investigations, which began with an inquiry into the corrections required, owing to the great pressures to which the instruments had been subjected, in the readings of the thermometers employed by the "Challenger" expedition for observing deep-sea temperatures, and which were extended to include the compressibility of water, glass and mercury.   [Please select]

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This can be done in varying degrees with all solids, but liquids, generally, have little compressibility.   [Please select]

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