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Webster 1913 Edition
Compressible
Com-press′i-ble
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
compressible
.] Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compressible
COMPRESSIBLE
,Adj.
Elastic fluids are compressible. Water is compressible in a small degree.
Definition 2024
compressible
compressible
English
Adjective
compressible (comparative more compressible, superlative most compressible)
- able to be compressed
- (topology, of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold) Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.
Antonyms
- (topology): incompressible
Derived terms
- compressibilty
Related terms
Translations
able to be compressed
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