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Compressible vs Compressive - What's the difference?

compressible | compressive |

As adjectives the difference between compressible and compressive

is that compressible is able to be compressed while compressive is that compresses.

compressible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • able to be compressed
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * (topology) incompressible

    Derived terms

    * compressibilty

    Related terms

    * compress * compressor

    compressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That compresses