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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

compressible

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

Adj.

Capable of being forced or driven into a narrower compass; yielding to pressure; giving way to a force applied.

Elastic fluids are compressible. Water is compressible in a small degree.