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Definition of Expansible
1. Adjective. Able to expand or be expanded.
Similar to: Expansive
Derivative terms: Expand, Expand, Expand, Expand, Expand, Expand, Expand, Expand
2. Adjective. (of gases) capable of expansion.
Similar to: Elastic
Derivative terms: Expand, Expand, Expand, Expand
Definition of Expansible
1. a. Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Definition of Expansible
1. Adjective. expandable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expansible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expansible
Literary usage of Expansible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"METALS ARE THE MOST expansible SOLIDS, BUT SOME ARE MORE expansible THAN OTHERS.
The following numbers given in ..."
2. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1889)
"Hence, if we make a boundary convex towards Oa in the same way as we did for 0,
we shall obtain a series of branches of ц all of which are expansible in ..."
3. Patent Office Papers by United States Patent Office (1914)
"Second: There is probably no patentable process in a single machine using an
expansible fluid, where the cycle of change in the fluid is uniform and ..."
4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"It has an expansible wing membrane, which in a state of repose appears like a
longitudinal loose fold ; expanded, the externa margin becomes arched, ..."
5. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1858)
"... and motions of animals—Rotation of the atmosphere with the earth—Air
tangible—Compressible—expansible—Elastic—Air beds—Ancient beds and bedsteads—Weight ..."
6. Library of Useful Knowledge (1829)
"... and the moveable index at the other ; as soon as the heat of the spirit- lamp
b is applied, the substance, if it is a very expansible one, will begin to ..."
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