compressible.

Able to decrease in volume when subjected to pressure.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• compressible foam
• a compressible fluid

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The compressible foam filled the uneven gap without supporting the full load.

They accounted for the compressible gas trapped behind the liquid column.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Relational or descriptive adjective; more/most only where a natural degree exists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.