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compressible

/kəmˈprɛs.ə.bəl/
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Adverb:compressibly
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• adjective

1

Capable of being pressed, squeezed, or forced into a smaller volume or space.

Example

"Unlike liquids, gases are highly compressible and can be stored in compact cylinders under pressure."

2

Capable of being encoded using fewer bits of storage than the original representation (of digital data or files).

Example

"Plain text files contain many repeating patterns, making them highly compressible by standard archiving software."

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• Rhymes for compressible

• Nearby Words

comprehensively
comprehensiveness
compress
compressible
compression
compressor
comprise

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compressibilis, from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimere ('to press together').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Compressible. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/compressible
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