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Incompressible refers to a property of a substance or fluid that does not change in volume when subjected to pressure. In physics and engineering, the concept is often used as an idealization to simplify the analysis of fluid dynamics, particularly in the study of liquids. An incompressible fluid maintains a constant density regardless of pressure variations, implying that the volume per unit mass remains unchanged.

Incompressibility is a useful assumption in many practical applications involving liquids because their compressibility is typically very small under normal conditions. For example, water and most other liquids are often modeled as incompressible to facilitate calculations and predictions in fluid flow, hydraulics, and other related fields. This approximation allows the use of simplified equations such as the incompressible form of the Navier-Stokes equations.

However, in reality, no fluid is perfectly incompressible; all substances experience some degree of compression under high pressure. Gases, in particular, exhibit significant compressibility, and their behavior must be described by more complex equations of state. The concept of incompressibility is thus an idealization that applies mainly to liquids under moderate pressures.

Incompressible flow assumptions are instrumental in analyzing phenomena like flow rates in pipelines, blood circulation in the cardiovascular system, and water movement in open channels. Despite its simplifications, the assumption provides valuable insights and computational efficiencies in various scientific and engineering disciplines.