Compressibility

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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