Expansible

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

  Expansible \Ex*pan"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. expansible.]
     Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
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           Bodies are not expansible in proportion to their
           weight.                                  --Grew.


     -- {Ex*pan"si*ble*ness},n. -{Ex*pan"si*bly},adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expansible
       adj 1: able to expand or be expanded [syn: {expandable}, {expandible}]
       2: (of gases) capable of expansion [syn: {expandable}, {expandible},
           {expansile}]