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Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 8 Aug 1999 00:13:00 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Kevin Baker writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jim Choate) writes:
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> > A liquid is an incompressible fluid.
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> > A gas is a compressible fluid.
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> In lugnet.robotics, Peter Dantic writes:
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> I think you will find that, with the exception of black hole stuff, everything
> is compressible.
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> It is certainly true to say that a gas is more compressible than a liquid, but
> there is no defined 'level of compressibility' that distinguishes a gas from a
> liquid.
I think that you will find that fluid is not compressable. If fluid were
compressable fish could not live 2 miles down, divers couldn't dive and
dolphins and whales would be crushed on their very common 700 foot dives.
This is all quite true of water, its not compressable. Is water unique in
that aspect?
DLC
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| (...) incorrect my friend. if water was not compressable at all there would be no pressure difference from the top to the bottom. Admittedly it is not very easy to do it, but it will compress. Most solids are compressable too. At hight pressures, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) In lugnet.robotics, Peter Dantic writes: I think you will find that, with the exception of black hole stuff, everything is compressible. It is certainly true to say that a gas is more compressible than a liquid, but there is no defined 'level (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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