expansible
capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.
Origin of expansible
1Other words from expansible
- ex·pan·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·ex·pan·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective
- sem·i·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective
- un·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective
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How to use expansible in a sentence
The oxygen gas consumed is replaced by a like volume of carbonic acid gas, equally expansible by heat.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe more expansible metal is in the present example supposed to be on the outside.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreGod himself has decreed it, in giving us expansible desires and improvable faculties.
Harmonies of Political Economy | Frdric BastiatInvar is practically non-expansible when the nickel in it is about 37%.
Time Telling through the Ages | Harry Chase BrearleyGenital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for expansible
/ (ɪkˈspænsəbəl) /
able to expand or be expanded
Derived forms of expansible
- expansibility, noun
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