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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPRESSIBLE

a.Capable of being forced or driven into a narrower compass; yielding to pressure; giving way to a force applied. Elastic fluids are compressible. Water is compressible in a small degree.

COMPRESSIBLENESS

n.Compressibility; the quality of being compressible.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPRESSIBLE

Com *press "i *ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. compressible. ]

Defn: Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

COMPRESSIBLENESS

COMPRESSIBLENESS Com *press "ible *ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being compressible; compressibility.

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