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compactibility

compactibility noun: the condition or extent of being compactible.

Noun

compactibility (countable and uncountable, plural compactibilities)

  1. The condition or extent of being compactible.
    • These plugs fell out perhaps for three reasons—proneness of the teeth to decay, want of sufficient hold for the plug, and compactibility of the gold; but the latter was the greatest cause, at least we think so from the fact that where there was still a portion of the gold remaining, it was soft...1862 May, J. D. White, “Practical Hints”, in The Dental Cosmos, volume 3, number 10
    • Their compactibility, neat yet attractive appearance, always gain admirers, and being made of small power they are much in demand.1882 April 15, The Architect and Building News, volume 27, number 2, page 230

Forms of compactibility

pluralcompactibilities

Origin of compactibility

From compactible + -ity.

Questions about compactibility

What does compactibility mean?
Compactibility means the condition or extent of being compactible.
What part of speech is compactibility?
Compactibility is a noun.
What is the plural of compactibility?
The plural of compactibility is compactibilities.

Words near compactibility in the dictionary

  1. compactedness
  2. compacter
  3. compacters
  4. compactest
  5. compactibilities
  6. compactibility
  7. compactible
  8. compactifiable
  9. compactification
  10. compactifications
  11. compactified

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