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  • adjective That is capable of swelling

Etymologies

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swell +‎ -able

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Examples

  • One of the applications we use significantly in our conventional oil and gas business is what are called swellable packers -- they isolate the formation from the well itself.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Ashland's other additives designed for wood care, UV-cured coatings and swellable rheology modifiers for adhesives will also be on display.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Other manufacturers simply recommend not using a swellable glossy paper.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • We expected problems with glossy sheets, particularly with bronzing, and we did have them on swellable papers like Canon's Photo Paper Pro lines.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • The Canon-supplied ICC profiles for the Pro9000 Mark II dye printer, for example, include all of the company's swellable sheets in addition to the fine arts papers.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • The Canon-supplied ICC profiles for the Pro9000 Mark II dye printer, for example, include all of the company's swellable sheets in addition to the fine arts papers.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • Other manufacturers simply recommend not using a swellable glossy paper.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • Profiles for all the fine arts papers were provided (Museum Etching, Photo Rag, Premium Matte and Semi-gloss) as well as Canon's Pro Platinum paper, although as a swellable glossy sheet it can't be construed as a recommendation.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • They use either an archival swellable surface that encapsulates the inks or a more transient porous surface which sucks them in (and is often advertised as "instant dry").

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

  • We were surprised to see that far fewer ICC profiles were installed until we realized Canon does not recommend printing on swellable glossy paper with the Pro9500 Mark II's pigment inks.

    Imaging Resource What's New 2010

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