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单词 compressibility
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
com•press•i•bil•i•ty  (kəm pres′ə bili tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties for 2.
  1. the quality or state of being compressible.
  2. Physicsthe reciprocal of the bulk modulus, equal to the ratio of the fractional change in volume to the stress applied to a body.
  • compressible + -ity 1685–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
compressibility /kəmˌprɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ/ n
  1. the ability to be compressed
  2. the reciprocal of the bulk modulus; the ratio of volume strain to stress at constant temperature
    Symbol: k
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
com•press /v. kəmˈprɛs; n. ˈkɑmprɛs/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to press or squeeze together;
    force into less space:The fuel mixture is compressed in the chamber by the piston.
  2. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate:She compressed a one-hour lecture into a twenty-minute talk.

n. [countable]
  1. Medicinea soft pad held on the body to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
com•press•i•bil•i•ty /kəmˌprɛsəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
com•press•i•ble, adj. See -press-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
com•press  (v. kəm pres;n. kompres),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to press together;
    force into less space.
  2. to cause to become a solid mass:to compress cotton into bales.
  3. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate:The book was compressed by 50 pages.

n. 
  1. Medicinea soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
  2. an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
  3. a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.
  • Middle French compresse, noun, nominal derivative of the verb, verbal
  • Late Latin compressāre, frequentative of Latin comprimere to squeeze together (see com-, press1); (noun, nominal)
  • Middle French compresser)
  • (verb, verbal) Middle English (1350–1400
com•pressi•ble, adj. 
com•pressi•bly, adv. 
com•pressing•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged condense, squeeze, constrict. See contract. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expand, spread.

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