compressible
adjective uk/kəmˈpres.ə.bəl/ us/kəmˈpres.ə.bəl/
可压缩的
able to be pressed into a smaller space
compressible gas 可压缩气体
Because plastic bags are light and compressible, they constitute only 2 percent of landfill. 塑料袋因为很轻并且可以压缩，只占填埋垃圾的百分之二。
（计算机文件）可压缩的
(of a computer file) able to be made to use less space when it is stored in the memory of a computer or on a disk, by using a special program
Files are compressible in some applications, which saves memory. 文件在某些应用程序中是可压缩的，从而节省内存。
The degree to which the data is compressible depends on how many repeating patterns the data has. 数据的可压缩程度取决于其中包含多少重复模式。
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- Water is far less compressible than air.
- Hot dogs are the biggest choking culprits because they are cylindrical, compressible, and about the size of a young child's airway.
- The polygon can be encoded in a digital, compact, compressible format
- Built in compression ensures that highly compressible files are stored efficiently.
See: compress