EXPANSIBLE

expandable, expandible, expansible, expansile

(adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion

expandable, expandible, expansible

(adjective) able to expand or be expanded

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

expansible (comparative more expansible, superlative most expansible)

expandable

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pan"si*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. expansible.]

Definition: Capable of being expanded or spread out widely. Bodies are not expansible in proposition to their weight. Ex*pab"si*ble*ness ,n. -Ex*pan"si*bly ,adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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