They were tiny, but her hand was plump and white and might be compressible.
The heart, at first rapid and full, becomes weak and compressible.
With immensities of gloomy vanity, not compressible at all times.
Piles are used as foundations in compressible or loose soil.
Because water is not compressible, like air; it must therefore escape before the handle can be pressed in.
Electricity in this respect, however, corresponds to a compressible fluid or a gas.
She is even equipped with war-balloons easy of expansion, and with compressible Kitson aeroplanes.
Fluids are divided into liquids, or incompressible fluids, and gases, or compressible fluids.
The tumor is round, soft, and compressible, and yields a peculiar fluctuation upon pressure.
The temperature is never very high, the pulse is frequent and compressible, and becomes feebler as the animal loses strength.
1590s in the surgical sense, from compress (v.).
compress com·press (kŏm'prěs')
n.
A soft pad of gauze or other material applied with pressure to a part of the body to control hemorrhage or to supply heat, cold, moisture, or medication to alleviate pain or reduce infection. v. com·pressed, com·press·ing, com·press·es (kəm-prěs')
To press or squeeze together.
