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Webster 1913 Edition


Compressibility

Com-pressˊi-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
compressibilité
.]
The quality of being compressible of being compressible;
as, the
compressibility
of elastic fluids
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Compressibility

COMPRESSIBILITY

,
Noun.
The quality of being compressible, or yielding to pressure; the quality of being capable of compression into a smaller space or compass; as the compressibility of elastic fluids, or of any soft substance.