compressive
/kuhm-pres-iv/US // kəmˈprɛs ɪv //UK // (kəmˈprɛsɪv) //
抗压,抗压性,压缩性,压迫性
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : compressing; tending to compress.
Examples
The compressive stress parallel to the fibres causes them to buckle or bend as in an endwise compressive test.
Even a four-kilometre deposit might reduce the effective resistance of the crust to compressive forces, by 10 per cent.
The downward deflection of the crust is of course an outcome of the same compressive stresses which elevate the mountain.
It has long been inferred that compressive stress in the crust must be a primary condition of these movements.
The compressive resistance of the longitudinal rods stressed to their elastic limit.
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