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compressible

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be compressed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: incompressible, noncompressible, uncompressable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Able to be compressed.

Of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold, containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: incompressible, noncompressible, uncompressable

3

adjective

Meaning 3

capable of being compressed or made more compact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • compressible packing materials
  • a compressible box

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: incompressible

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

capable of being easily compressed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squeezable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From compress + -ible. Compare French compressible and Latin compressibilis.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: comprimible — able to be compressed
  • Catalan: compressible — able to be compressed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可壓縮的 /可压缩的 (kě yāsuō de) — able to be compressed
  • French: compressible — able to be compressed
  • Hungarian: összenyomható — able to be compressed
  • Ido: kompresebla — able to be compressed
  • Italian: comprimibile — able to be compressed
  • Latin: compressibilis — able to be compressed
  • Latin: compressābilis — able to be compressed
  • Manx: yn-vroojey — able to be compressed
  • Manx: yn-chohionney — able to be compressed
  • Polish: ściśliwy — able to be compressed
  • Portuguese: compressível — able to be compressed
  • Spanish: comprimible — able to be compressed
  • Swedish: kompressibel — able to be compressed