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compressive
[ kuhm-pres-iv ]
adjective
- compressing; tending to compress.
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Other Words From
- com·pressive·ly adverb
- noncom·pressive adjective
- noncom·pressive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of compressive1
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Example Sentences
The compressive stress parallel to the fibres causes them to buckle or bend as in an endwise compressive test.
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Even a four-kilometre deposit might reduce the effective resistance of the crust to compressive forces, by 10 per cent.
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The downward deflection of the crust is of course an outcome of the same compressive stresses which elevate the mountain.
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It has long been inferred that compressive stress in the crust must be a primary condition of these movements.
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The compressive resistance of the longitudinal rods stressed to their elastic limit.
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