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The term "compressible" has been applied in literature to denote the capacity of a material or medium to change its volume under pressure. In one instance, it is simply attributed to soil, implying that the ground can be compacted when force is applied [1]. In another, the term is employed within a scientific examination of gases, where the focus is on the effects of gas expansion in a medium that may be either indefinitely or limitedly compressible [2]. These examples illustrate that "compressible" is used flexibly, spanning both practical descriptions of natural materials and more technical analyses in the study of physical phenomena.
  1. Compressible soil.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  2. Considerations on the effects of the expansion of the gases in an indefinite or limited compressible medium.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson

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