compressible

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Mono-grained sand is soft and not compressible, and will behave like water, moving out of the way with any force acting upon it.

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  1. adjective That can be compressed: compressible packing materials; a compressible box.

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  • The coral sand wasn't that much more compressible, he supposed. —  AnalogSF,Mar2004
  • Even if I had been compressible, he must have pushed me in through some sort of crack or other. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 06 - June 1997
  • A squad of parrots, which had accompanied him like an honor guard ever since he'd left Zun Valley, cackled along with him After a trial had proved his smart yurt could now barely expand enough to house a kitten, he'd borrowed an heirloom from Marie Ginnetti: a featherweight, compressible, and apparently indestructible sleeping sack made in Ancient times. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2007
  • Your other options are. tif,. gif and. png (among others), but most of the time you'll use. jpg files because they're compressible, meaning able to be shrunk and downloaded quicker. —  Pollyticks
  • R2 fabric is light and compressible, with great breathability, stretch, and reduced cling. —  Zappos.com: new styles
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  1. = French compressible = Spanish compresible = Portuguese compressivel = Italian compressibile, from Latin as if *compressibilis, from compressus, past participle of comprimere, compress: see compress, v.
 

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