compressible

American  

[kuhm-pres-uh-buhl] / kəmˈprɛs ə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be compressed.

2. involving or describing substances, especially fluids, that can be compressed.

3. 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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Other Word Forms

• compressibility noun
• incompressibility noun
• incompressible adjective
• non-compressible adjective
• uncompressible adjective

Example Sentences

Once an aircraft moves faster than the speed of sound, the airflow becomes compressible instead.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

Made entirely with recycled fabric, this lightweight, compressible jacket is water- and windproof.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

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

The open seats are made of compressible foam, also used on the front bumper, which Ahn says is more comfortable than traditional seats.

From The Verge • Oct. 25, 2016

A very frequent pulse is nearly always feeble and compressible.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various