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Meaning of COMPRESSIBILITY

Pronunciation:  kum`presu'bilitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the property of being able to occupy less space
 
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 Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability
 
 Antonyms: incompressibility
 
 See Also: softness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
compressibilit['e].]
The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as,
the compressibility of elastic fluids.
 

 

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