Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being corroded. Also corrosible.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being corroded; corrosible.

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  • adjective Readily corroded

Etymologies

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From corrode +‎ -ible.

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Examples

  • Glass, which isn't corrodible or stainable, is more resilient than granite -- though they both contain high levels of the mineral silica and can chip.

    Transparent Tombstones 2006

  • Because the mahewu has a high degree of acidity it can only be dried in an apparatus made of acid resistant, non-corrodible material.

    Chapter 6 1984

  • Mighty pretty though, a great network of shiny struts and ties against black sky and stars-titanium alloy 1403, light, strong, and non-corrodible.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • It would be hard, light, strong, and not readily corrodible.

    Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

  • Those metals and alloys which resisted oxidation in air resisted the attack of the gases, but the more corrodible substances were attacked superficially; although in no instance could an explosive body be detected, nor could an explosion be produced by heating or hammering.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • In accordance with this theory, if we take a thermo-electric pair consisting of a non-corrodible metal and an electrolyte (the two being already electro-polar by mutual contact), and heat one of their points of contact, the molecular motions of the heated end of each substance at the junction are altered; and as thermo-electric energy in such combinations usually increases by rise of temperature, the metal and liquid, each singly, usually becomes more electro polar.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various

  • This is non-corrodible, contains 68 percent nickel and 32 percent copper, and can be produced much more cheaply than the old way.

    The Mineral Industries of Canada 1910

  • When there is a corrodible metal or alloy, the presence of a dissimilar conductive material (cathode), electrolytes, and an electrical path between the anode and the cathode, we will have corrosion on our airplanes.

    unknown title 2009

  • When there is a corrodible metal or alloy, the presence of a dissimilar conductive material (cathode), electrolytes, and an electrical path between the anode and the cathode, we will have corrosion on our airplanes.

    unknown title 2009

  • In addition to suffering from the effects of acid rain and pollution, the mosaics are corrodible and degenerate over time.

    The Prague Post 2009

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