compressive

American  

[kuhm-pres-iv] / kəmˈprɛs ɪv /

adjective

1. compressing; tending to compress.

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compressive British  

/ kəmˈprɛsɪv /

adjective

1. compressing or having the power or capacity to compress

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Other Word Forms

• compressively adverb
• noncompressive adjective
• noncompressively adverb

Etymology

Origin of compressive

1375–1425; late Middle English. See compress, -ive

Example Sentences

To achieve this, they combined time-spectrum mapping, compressive spectral imaging and coherent modulation imaging.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Compared with the bare sections, biocrust-covered rammed earth was less porous and had higher shear strength and compressive strength, the team reports today.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

As these irregularities move, they induce a compressive stress that triggers the rebonding effect.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2023

The cars weren’t equipped with alignment control couplers that “resist lateral coupler movement under compressive in-train forces.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

True, if brackets are omitted, some compensation is provided by the strengthening which horizontal bars may give by extending through this region, but sufficient additional compressive resistance is rarely afforded thereby.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward