COMPRESSIBLE

compressible

(adjective) capable of being compressed or made more compact; “compressible packing materials”; “a compressible box”

compressible, squeezable

(adjective) capable of being easily compressed

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

compressible (comparative more compressible, superlative most compressible)

able to be compressed

(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

• (topology): incompressible

Source: Wiktionary

Com*press"i*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. compressible.]

Definition: Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition