expansibilityn.

/ɛkˌspansɪˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology: < expansible adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French expansibilité.

The quality of being expansible:

a. superficially.

ΚΠ

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.

1890 Nature 2 Jan. 205 The extreme expansibility of oil when floating upon the water.

b. in volume.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > quality of being expandable

dilatability1701

expansibility1701

enlargeableness1878

dilatancy1885

expandability1961

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iii. §19 [In] Atoms of all Fluids, there is some difference in Bulk..else, all Fluids wou'd be alike in..Expansibility.

1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 462 A greater expansibility in the air enclosed in their Manometers.

1873 W. Lees Acoustics iii. i. 81 The expansibility of platinum and glass is nearly the same.

1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Expansibility, applied to the condition of an organ which allows of erection.

c. in non-material senses.

ΚΠ

1857 National Mag. 2 277 Proofs..of the expansibility of human nature.

1882 Spectator 8 Apr. 455 The infinite expansibility of House of Commons loquacity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	expansibility
释义	expansibilityn. /ɛkˌspansɪˈbɪlɪti/ Etymology: < expansible adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French expansibilité. The quality of being expansible: a. superficially. ΚΠ 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1890 Nature 2 Jan. 205 The extreme expansibility of oil when floating upon the water. b. in volume. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > quality of being expandable dilatability1701 expansibility1701 enlargeableness1878 dilatancy1885 expandability1961 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iii. §19 [In] Atoms of all Fluids, there is some difference in Bulk..else, all Fluids wou'd be alike in..Expansibility. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 462 A greater expansibility in the air enclosed in their Manometers. 1873 W. Lees Acoustics iii. i. 81 The expansibility of platinum and glass is nearly the same. 1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Expansibility, applied to the condition of an organ which allows of erection. c. in non-material senses. ΚΠ 1857 National Mag. 2 277 Proofs..of the expansibility of human nature. 1882 Spectator 8 Apr. 455 The infinite expansibility of House of Commons loquacity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1701
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