compressibility

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compressibility - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Compressibility \Com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
     compressibilit['e].]
     The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as,
     the compressibility of elastic fluids.
     [1913 Webster]

compressibility - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  compressibility
      n 1: the property of being able to occupy less space [syn:
           compressibility, squeezability, sponginess] [ant:
           incompressibility]