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expansibility|ɛkˌspænsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity. Cf. F. expansibilité.]
The quality of being expansible: a. superficially; b. in volume; c. in non-material senses.
a.1755in Johnson. 1890Nature 2 Jan. 205 The extreme expansibility of oil when floating upon the water.
b.1701Grew Cosm. Sacra i. iii. §19 [In] atoms of all Fluids, there is some difference in Bulk..else all Fluids would be alike in..expansibility. 1778Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 462 A greater expansibility in the air enclosed in their Manometers. 1873W. Lees Acoustics iii. i. 81 The expansibility of platinum and glass is nearly the same. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Expansibility, applied to the condition of an organ which allows of erection.
c.1857National Mag. II. 277 Proofs..of the expansibility of human nature. 1882Spectator 8 Apr. 455 The infinite expansibility of House of Commons loquacity. |