|
|
Definition of Squeezability
1. Noun. The property of being able to occupy less space.
Generic synonyms: Softness
Derivative terms: Compressible, Compressible, Spongy, Squeezable
Antonyms: Incompressibility
Definition of Squeezability
1. Noun. The state or property of being squeezable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squeezability
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeezability
Literary usage of Squeezability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"... by reason of their great squeezability, that they have not yet been liquefied,
so far as I know, much less vaporised. For instance, carbon. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"They may be all the go In Paris, London, but trie Egyptian toe Has not a Chinese
beauty's squeezability, Ah, no! Talk of Egyptian bondage ? ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1851)
"... not by the cost of service, but by the consumer's need, and ' squeezability?
Many of our readers are reminded quarterly of the extra charge, I/, ..."
4. Industrial Democracy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1902)
"... the ability of their leaders, the magnitude of their " war-chests," the relative
scarcity of their labor, and the " squeezability " of their employers. ..."
5. Industrial Democracy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1902)
"... and the " squeezability " of their employers. Wj the hours of labor are not
affected by law, we find, in at the present time, that they vary from trade ..."
Other Resources:
