Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compressibility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: com-press-ibil-i-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The degree to which something is compressible.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From compress + -ibility.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: compress

Usage

Inflected Forms

compressibilities (plural)

Derived Forms

incompressibility noncompressibility

Synonyms

squeezability sponginess

Questions

What does compressibility mean?: The degree to which something is compressible.
Where does compressibility come from?: From compress + -ibility.

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