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Compressibility

noun
1.
The property of being able to occupy less space.  Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability.





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"Compressibility" Quotes from Famous Books



... though always in a lumpish, domestic-animal style. The hands and feet are singularly small; the fingers short, but nicely tapered. Take hold of the hand, and you are struck with its cetacean feel. It is not flabby, but has a peculiar blubber-like, elastic compressibility, and seems ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 • Various


Words linked to "Compressibility" :   compressible, sponginess, incompressibility, softness


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