incoercible, a.
(ɪnkəʊˈɜːsɪb(ə)l)
[f. in-3 + coercible: cf. F. incoercible (18th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. That cannot be coerced, restrained, or overpowered by force; irrepressible.
| 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 126 Heat..when confined, causes incoercible explosions. 1804 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 337 They [the American ministers] must abide by the incoercible result of popular suffrage. 1896 Daily News 23 June 6/1 She called upon me while suffering from an attack of incoercible sickness. |
2. Incapable of being confined; volatile.
| 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 192 Flatus..an invisible, impalpable, and incoercible Spirit. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 166 An acid of extreme subtility, almost incoercible. 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. Introd. 41 Speaking of the imponderable incoercible fluids, and specifying heat, electricity, the magnetic fluid [etc.]. |
† b. Incapable of being liquefied by pressure: formerly said of some gases. Obs.
| 1861 B. Silliman, Jr. Physics (ed. 2) §256 It [the atmosphere] is composed of two incoercible gases, nitrogen and oxygen. |