Why is water incompressible?

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Why is water incompressible?

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Water is not incompressible, no material on Earth is incompressible. Water has similar compressibility to chalk. In most circumstances, the amount it compresses is negligible, but in high pressure hydraulic systems compressibility of the working fluid is quite an important factor.

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