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inexpansible

inexpansible adjective: incapable of expansion or enlargement.

Adjective

inexpansible (comparative more inexpansible, superlative most inexpansible)

  1. Incapable of expansion or enlargement.
    • Let a certain quantity of air at a temperature of 0°, contained in a perfectly inexpansible vessel, have its temperature raised 1 °1867, John Tyndall, Sound, 8 lectures

Forms of inexpansible

comparativemore inexpansible
superlativemost inexpansible

Origin of inexpansible

From in- + expansible.

Questions about inexpansible

What does inexpansible mean?
Inexpansible means incapable of expansion or enlargement.
What part of speech is inexpansible?
Inexpansible is an adjective.

Words near inexpansible in the dictionary

  1. inexorability
  2. inexorable
  3. inexorableness
  4. inexorably
  5. inexorcisable
  6. inexpansible
  7. inexpectable
  8. inexpectancy
  9. inexpectant
  10. inexpectation
  11. inexpected

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