ALL meanings of compressible
com·press
C c - adjective compressible If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it. 3
- verb with object compressible to press together; force into less space. 1
- verb with object compressible to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales. 1
- verb with object compressible to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages. 1
- noun compressible Able to be compressed. 1
- verb with object compressible Computers. to reduce the storage space required for (data) by changing its format: The algorithm should compress the video file without losing any quality. 1
- noun compressible Medicine/Medical. a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication. 1
- noun compressible an apparatus for compressing cotton bales. 1
- noun compressible a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment. 1
- adjective compressible (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. 0