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compressiveness

compressiveness noun: the state or quality of being compressive.

Noun

compressiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being compressive.

Origin of compressiveness

From compressive + -ness.

Questions about compressiveness

What does compressiveness mean?
Compressiveness means the state or quality of being compressive.
What part of speech is compressiveness?
Compressiveness is a noun.

Words near compressiveness in the dictionary

  1. compressions
  2. compressive
  3. compressive strength
  4. compressive strengths
  5. compressively
  6. compressiveness
  7. compressometer
  8. compressometers
  9. compressometric
  10. compressometry
  11. compressor

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