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com·press·ible
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Princeton's WordNet
compressibleadjective
capable of being compressed or made more compact
"compressible packing materials"; "a compressible box"
compressible, squeezableadjective
capable of being easily compressed
Wiktionary
compressibleadjective
able to be compressed
compressibleadjective
Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.
Etymology: Probably from
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Compressibleadjective
Capable of being forced into a narrower compass; yielding to pressure, so as that one part is brought nearer to another.
Etymology: from compress.
Their being spiral particles, accounts for the elasticity of air; their being spherical particles, which gives free passage to any heterogeneous matter, accounts for air’s being compressible. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.
Wikipedia
compressible
In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, the compressibility (also known as the coefficient of compressibility or, if the temperature is held constant, the isothermal compressibility) is a measure of the instantaneous relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure (or mean stress) change. In its simple form, the compressibility κ {\displaystyle \kappa } (denoted β in some fields) may be expressed as β = − 1 V ∂ V ∂ p {\displaystyle \beta =-{\frac {1}{V}}{\frac {\partial V}{\partial p}}} ,where V is volume and p is pressure. The choice to define compressibility as the negative of the fraction makes compressibility positive in the (usual) case that an increase in pressure induces a reduction in volume. The reciprocal of compressibility at fixed temperature is called the isothermal bulk modulus.
ChatGPT
compressible
Compressible refers to substances or materials that can be reduced in volume by applying pressure, due to the empty spaces between their particles. It is the capacity of a substance to change its form or volume under external forces or pressure. The term is typically used in physics and engineering to describe gases, but it can apply to other materials as well.
Webster Dictionary
Compressibleadjective
capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance
Etymology: [Cf. F. compressible.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of compressible in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of compressible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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