expansible

[ ik-span-suh-buh l ]

/ ɪkˈspæn sə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.

Nearby words

expanded plastic, expander, expanding universe, expanding universe theory, expanse, expansible, expansile, expansion, expansion attic, expansion bend, expansion board

Origin of expansible

1685–95; < Latin expāns(us) (see expanse) + -ible

Related forms

ex·pan·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·ex·pan·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·ex·pan·si·ble, adjectivesem·i·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective

un·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for expansible

God himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.
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Silver is the most expansible of the metals under the influence of heat, and platinum nearly the least.
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Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
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British Dictionary definitions for expansible

expansible

/ (ɪkˈspænsəbəl) /

adjective

able to expand or be expanded

Derived Forms

expansibility, noun

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