inexpansible

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English

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ expansible.

Adjective

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inexpansible (comparative more inexpansible, superlative most inexpansible)

  1. Incapable of expansion or enlargement.
    • 1867, John Tyndall, Sound, 8 lectures:
      Let a certain quantity of air at a temperature of 0°, contained in a perfectly inexpansible vessel, have its temperature raised 1 °