"compressible" meaning in English

See compressible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more compressible [comparative], most compressible [superlative]
Etymology: Probably from French Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-adj}} compressible (comparative more compressible, superlative most compressible)
  1. able to be compressed Translations (able to be compressed): yn-vroojey (Manx), yn-chohionney (Manx), ściśliwy (Polish), kompressibel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-compressible-en-adj-kubcCeDY Disambiguation of 'able to be compressed': 99 1
  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. Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-compressible-en-adj-EN7NfsLf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 79 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: compressibility Related terms: compress, compressor

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for compressible meaning in English (2.6kB)

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