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Definition of Compressible
1. Adjective. Capable of being compressed or made more compact. "A compressible box"
2. Adjective. Capable of being easily compressed.
Similar to: Soft
Derivative terms: Compress, Compressibility, Squeezability
Definition of Compressible
1. a. Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
Definition of Compressible
1. Adjective. able to be compressed ¹
2. Adjective. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compressible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compressible
Literary usage of Compressible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Natural Philosophy by William Holms Chambers Bartlett (1850)
"compressible FLUIDS. Peculiarities of § 276.—The properties of liquids which have
now been gase*andv°pors'considered, are common to all fluids. ..."
2. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1902)
"compressible FLUIDS. [Philosophical Magazine, xxxm. pp. ... In the present
communication an attempt is made to extend the theory to compressible fluids, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"On the Impact of compressible Bodies, considered with reference to the Theory of
Pressure." By 11. MOON, MA, Honorary Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"WAVES ON THE SURFACE OF A compressible LIQUID BY H. BONDI Received 19 December
1945 I. GENERAL THEORY 1. Introduction In the classical theory of surface ..."
5. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering for the Use of Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1877)
"In compressible soil.—The principal difficulty met with in forming a sufficiently
firm bed in a compressible soil arises from the nature of the soil and its ..."
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