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I-dont-rickroll t1_ja42q4a wrote

Reply to comment by 254LEX in All the drinking glasses in the world are technically always full and have never been anything less than full. by Few-Opportunity-5196

The same thing applies to water or any other material you fill it with.

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254LEX t1_ja45bbh wrote

Then 'technically' no glass in the world has ever been full.

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I-dont-rickroll t1_ja45e8d wrote

Never say never but yeah that’s the point if you really wanna be that picky

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jmpires t1_ja6y812 wrote

I’d say a glass is full when it overflows upon adding more fluid

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Climate_Sweet t1_ja6u8xp wrote

water is incompressible

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Ok_Lifeguard_6508 t1_ja74gff wrote

Is it though? It's denser at extreme depth. I'm trying to get my tired brain around this and failing.

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SpiteAspect t1_ja7m28e wrote

Fill your cars combustion chambers up with water and tell me if it compresses lol

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Ok_Lifeguard_6508 t1_jaamqfv wrote

Of course not because the conrods will bend first. But as an awake person I can now remember that water is indeed denser at great depth (to an extent that is reflectee in the anatomy of the fish that live there). So it is compressible it's just not easy.

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