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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Engineers describe these conditions as incompressible flow and compressible flow.
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 Comfy Commuter Original Travel Pillow is filled with lighter cotton and polyester, which was paradoxically too soft to offer substantive neck support and less compressible than the memory-foam pillows.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2018
A compressible sleeping bag and tent are good options to consider, along with at least three types of tinder, for redundancy.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2015
It is in the beginning firm and full, but after the first week becomes small and compressible, and acquires the peculiarity known as reduplication.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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