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Another important result involved the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe the dynamics of incompressible fluids.

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As the science fiction author Ted Chiang writes, "experience is algorithmically incompressible."

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Most hydraulic tools utilize incompressible fluid, or fluid at maximum density, in order to create the necessary pressure for separating large portions of a vehicle.

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In the early years of the 20th century, several British scientists advanced technical, mathematical accounts of lift that treated air as a perfect fluid, meaning that it was incompressible and had zero viscosity.

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P waves percuss the rock like a drumstick, traveling quickly through incompressible material.

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