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COMPRESSIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being able to occupy less space
Synonyms:
compressibility; sponginess; squeezability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("compressibility" is a kind of...):
softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)
Antonym:
incompressibility (the property of being incompressible)
Derivation:
compressible (capable of being compressed or made more compact)
compressible (capable of being easily compressed)
