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单词 expansible
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expansible

[ ik-span-suh-buhl ]
/ ɪkˈspæn sə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.

Origin of expansible

1685–95; <Latin expāns(us) (see expanse) + -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM expansible

Words nearby expansible

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Example sentences from the Web for expansible

  • God himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.

    Harmonies of Political Economy|Frdric Bastiat

  • Silver is the most expansible of the metals under the influence of heat, and platinum nearly the least.

    Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland

  • Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for expansible

expansible
/ (ɪkˈspænsəbəl) /

adjective

able to expand or be expanded

Derived forms of expansible

expansibility, noun
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Words related to expansible

expansile, extendible, extensile, protractile, expandable, extendable, protractible, stretchable
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