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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

可压缩的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kě yāsuō de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Compressible/kəmˈprɛs.ə.bəl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"气体是高度可压缩的。"

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Able to be pressed or squeezed into a smaller space or volume.

    "Gases are highly compressible compared to liquids."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimere (to press together), combining com- (together) and premere (to press). The suffix -ible was added in Late Middle English or Early Modern English to denote capability or capacity.

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