expansibility
- a word derived from expansible.
Example Sentences
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What effect does heat have upon the expansibility of air?
From Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] by Abbott, Jacob
It is based on certain principles, the foundation one of which is the expansibility of steam, and its ability, when confined in a cylinder, to give motion to a piston.
From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Graebner, Theodore
It must be acknowledged that Tillotson's theory of a dispensing power is not only unsatisfactory on other grounds, but possesses a dangerous quality of expansibility.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
Well-formed chests offer no impediment to its inroads, if the volume of blood be out of proportion to the expansibility and capacity of the pulmonary organs.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
When Picard had corrected the variation caused by heat and cold acting upon the pendulum rod by combining metals of different degrees of expansibility, a high degree of accuracy was possible.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
