compressible
English
Etymology
Probably from French
Adjective
compressible (comparative more compressible, superlative most compressible)
- able to be compressed
- (topology, 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.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “topology”): incompressible
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
able to be compressed
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French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “compressible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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