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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

extensible

. See

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; – the opposite of

contractible

compressible

“An extensible membrane”

Holder.

Adj.

[from L. extensus.] That may be extended; capable of being stretched in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement.