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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPRESSIBILITY

n.The quality of being compressible, or yielding to pressure; the quality of being capable of compression into a smaller space or compass; as the compressibility of elastic fluids, or of any soft substance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPRESSIBILITY

Com *press `i *bil "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. compressibilité. ]

 

Defn: The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.