Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compressive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compressive \Com*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. compressif.]
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a
compressive force.
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