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.

In`co*ex*ist"ence (?), n. The state of not coexisting. [Obs.] Locke.

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