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Compressible

adjective
1.
Capable of being compressed or made more compact.  "A compressible box"
2.
Capable of being easily compressed.  Synonym: squeezable.






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"Compressible" Quotes from Famous Books



... carbons, invented by William Cunliffe. The object the inventor has in view is not only the better but the more rapid manufacture of carbons, candles, or electrodes for electric lighting or for the manufacture of rods or blocks of carbon or other compressible substances for other purposes, and his invention consists in automatic machinery whereby a regular and uniform pressure and compression of the carbon is obtained, and the rods or blocks are delivered through ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 • Various



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