The Collaborative International Dictionary
Compressible \Com*press"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. compressible.] Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
Wiktionary
a. 1 able to be compressed 2 (context topology of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold English) Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.
WordNet
adj. capable of being compressed or made more compact; "compressible packing materials"; "a compressible box" [ant: incompressible]
capable of being easily compressed [syn: squeezable]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "compressible".
The pulse is more compressible and less frequent, the kidneys act freely, respiration is natural, the pains subside, although there remains languor, lassitude, and weariness, a preternatural sensibility to cold, an easily excited pulse, and a pale and sickly aspect of the countenance.