Compressible

Origin

Probably from French

Full definition of compressible

Adjective

1. able to be compressed
2. (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

• (topology) incompressible

Derived terms

• compressibilty

Related terms

• compress
• compressor