expansible
[ ik-span-suh-buh l ]
/ ɪkˈspæn sə bəl /
adjective
capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.
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Nearby words
- expanded plastic,
- expander,
- expanding universe,
- expanding universe theory,
- expanse,
- expansile,
- expansion,
- expansion attic,
- expansion bend,
- expansion board
Origin of expansible
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Examples from the Web for expansible
God himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.
Harmonies of Political Economy|Frdric BastiatSilver 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 RowlandGenital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith
expansible
/ (ɪkˈspænsəbəl) /
adjective
able to expand or be expanded
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