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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incoercible  \In`co*er"ci*ble\,  a.  [Pref.  in-  not  +  coercible: 
  cf  F.  incoercible.] 
  1.  Not  to  be  coerced;  incapable  of  being  compelled  or  forced. 
 
  2.  (Physics)  Not  capable  of  being  reduced  to  the  form  of  a 
  liquid  by  pressure;  --  said  of  any  gas  above  its  critical 
  point;  --  also  particularly  of  oxygen,  hydrogen,  nitrogen, 
  and  carbon  monoxide,  formerly  regarded  as  incapable  of 
  liquefaction  at  any  temperature  or  pressure. 
 
  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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