expansible
[ ik-span-suh-buh l ]
/ ɪkˈspæn sə bəl /
adjective
capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.
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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
British Dictionary definitions for expansible
expansible
/ (ɪkˈspænsəbəl) /
adjective
able to expand or be expanded
Derived forms of expansible
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