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Incoercible (gcide) | Incoercible \In`co*er"ci*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + coercible:
cf. F. incoercible.]
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1. Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
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2. (Physics) Not capable of being reduced to the form of a
liquid by pressure; -- said of any gas above its {critical
temperature}.
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3. (Physics) That can note be confined in, or excluded from,
vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the
imponderable fluids, heat, light, electricity, etc.
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incoercible gases (gcide) | Permanent \Per"ma*nent\, a. [L. permanens, -entis, p. pr. of
permanere to stay or remain to the end, to last; per + manere
to remain: cf. F. permanent. See Per-, and Mansion.]
Continuing in the same state, or without any change that
destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved;
abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent
impression.
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Eternity stands permanent and fixed. --Dryden.
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Permanent gases (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen,
nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called
incondensible gases or incoercible gases, before their
liquefaction in 1877. The term is now archaic.
Permanent way, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished
railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's
temporary way.
Permanent white (Chem.), barium sulphate (heavy spar),
used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from
white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the
formation of the sulphide.
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Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See Lasting.
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