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Definition of Sponginess
1. Noun. The porosity of a sponge.
2. Noun. The property of being able to occupy less space.
Generic synonyms: Softness
Derivative terms: Compressible, Compressible, Spongy, Squeezable
Antonyms: Incompressibility
Definition of Sponginess
1. n. The quality or state of being spongy.
Definition of Sponginess
1. Noun. The property of being spongy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sponginess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponginess
Literary usage of Sponginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"... yet, the elasticity, and sponginess of the Lungs is so great that their capacity
may be increased, by an eil'ort, or forced breathing, to more than 200 ..."
2. Note-book of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics by Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson (1867)
"with profuse secretion of mucus, in ulcérations of the mouth and throat and
sponginess of the gums, &a ; as a collyrium in purulent ophthalmia ; as an ..."
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