compressible
Americanadjective
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able to be compressed.
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involving or describing substances, especially fluids, that can be compressed.
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Mathematics. (of a topological surface embedded in a three-dimensional manifold) having a circle that does not bound a surface disk but does bound a disk within the surrounding manifold.
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Once an aircraft moves faster than the speed of sound, the airflow becomes compressible instead.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025
“It won’t be as breathable or compressible, but if you’re not spending extended time outside, that’s okay,” Rochfort says.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2020
The gas therefore becomes less compressible at these high pressures, and although its volume continues to decrease with increasing pressure, this decrease is not proportional as predicted by Boyle’s law.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
It was also the largest and least compressible pillow we tested.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2018
Under still other circumstances we may find a full pulse which is soft, easily compressible, even gaseous.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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