expansible

[ik-span-suh-buh l]

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adjective

capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.

Origin of expansible

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

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

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Related Words for expansible

expansile, extendible, extensile, protractile, expandable, extendable

Examples from the Web for expansible

Historical Examples of expansible

Silver is the most expansible of the metals under the influence of heat, and platinum nearly the least.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries
Edward Rowland
God himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.
Harmonies of Political Economy
Frdric Bastiat
Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for expansible

expansible

adjective

able to expand or be expanded

Derived Formsexpansibility, noun

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