COMPRESSIBILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being able to occupy less space

Synonyms:

compressibility; sponginess; squeezability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("compressibility" is a kind of...):

softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)

Antonym:

incompressibility (the property of being incompressible)

Derivation:

compressible (capable of being compressed or made more compact)

compressible (capable of being easily compressed)