When displacement isn't possible?

Question

Stop me if i'm wrong but displacement is, for example, when you enter a bathtub the water level rises around you. What happens when displacement isnt possible? I'll give an example. I have two blocks off steel, one at the top of a chamber and one at the bottom. there is a gap between the two blocks that is filled with water. There is NO gap between the two blocks and the side of the chamber (the water cannot escape) What happens when the two block come together, in effect squashing the water? where does the water go?

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, the water has no place to go and therefor the blocks cannot be pushed together. Look up the properties of liquid water, e.g. the compressibility.