compressible

English

Etymology

Probably from French

Adjective

compressible (comparative more compressible, superlative most compressible)

1. able to be compressed
2. (topology, of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold) Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “topology”): incompressible

Derived terms

• compressibility
• compressibleness
• compressibly
• noncompressible
• pseudocompressible
• uncompressable
• uncompressible

 

Related terms

• compress
• compressor

Translations

able to be compressed

• Manx: yn-vroojey, yn-chohionney
• Polish: ściśliwy
• Swedish: kompressibel (sv)

French

Etymology

From comprimer +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

compressible (plural compressibles)

1. compressible

Further reading

• “compressible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.