expansible

[ ik-span-suh-buh l ]

/ ɪkˈspæn sə bəl /

capable of being expanded: Most metals are expansible.

Origin of expansible

1685–95; < Latin expāns(us) (see expanse) + -ible

ex·pan·si·bil·i·ty, noun non·ex·pan·si·bil·i·ty, noun non·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective sem·i·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective

un·ex·pan·si·ble, adjective

Compressibility and Expansibility, sometimes mentioned as "properties," are but results of Porosity.

Dynamic Thought |William Walker Atkinson
Milly was invariably optimistic about the expansibility of money.

One Woman's Life |Robert Herrick
The mechanical cause of these spontaneous "variation movements" seems to lie in variations of expansibility.

The Wonders of Life |Ernst Haeckel
Any interference with the expansibility of this part of the foot interferes with locomotion and ultimately gives rise to lameness.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse |United States Department of Agriculture

The expansibility of air, which is vapour in a permanent form, can be shown by experiment.

Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects |John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness

expansible

/ (ɪkˈspænsəbəl) /

able to expand or be expanded

expansibility, noun