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Definition of Compressive
1. a. Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
Definition of Compressive
1. Adjective. That compresses ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compressive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compressive
Literary usage of Compressive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"What is meant by the term " compressive strength " has not yet been settled by
... The effect of a compressive stress upon a material varies with the nature ..."
2. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"In the present case, the tensile and compressive tests given in Tables 82, 83,
... The results are sufficiently close to indicate that the compressive ..."
3. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1905)
"In the present case, the tensile and compressive tests given in Tables 77, 78,
... The results are sufficiently close to indicate that the compressive ..."
4. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1917)
"Prove that a block, subjected to a compressive stress of intensity s and a ...
Find the unit shearing stress and the unit compressive stress in the glue at ..."
5. Experimental Researches on Reinforced Concrete by Armand Considère (1906)
"APPENDIX C. Effect of Lateral Pressure on compressive Resistance of Solid Bodies.
The crushing of solid bodies cannot take place without lateral swelling. ..."
6. The Materials of Construction: A Treatise for Engineers on the Strength of by John Butler Johnson (1898)
"Plastic or viscous materials are those which will flow without showing any other
indication of failure under a sufficient compressive loud. ..."
7. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1907)
"compressive STRENGTH OF MORTAR 418. The compressive strength of cement mortar is
from five to ten times the tensile strength. As the result obtained in ..."
8. Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, Edward Rose Maurer (1907)
"compressive Strength. Tensile Strength. 1:2:4 3000 Ibs/in2 180 lbs/in2 1:3:6
1800 " 115 " Tests by Professor WK Hatt f gave the following results,: Kind of ..."
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