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compressive

[ kuhm-pres-iv ]

adjective

  1. compressing; tending to compress.


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Other Words From

  • com·pressive·ly adverb
  • noncom·pressive adjective
  • noncom·pressive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of compressive1

1375–1425; late Middle English. See compress, -ive
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Example Sentences

The compressive fabric, a soft, breathable blend of 87 percent polyester and 13 percent elastane, holds its shape and resists pilling even after multiple washes.

The compressive stress parallel to the fibres causes them to buckle or bend as in an endwise compressive test.

Even a four-kilometre deposit might reduce the effective resistance of the crust to compressive forces, by 10 per cent.

The downward deflection of the crust is of course an outcome of the same compressive stresses which elevate the mountain.

It has long been inferred that compressive stress in the crust must be a primary condition of these movements.

The compressive resistance of the longitudinal rods stressed to their elastic limit.

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