Compressive synonyms

kəm-prĕs'ĭv

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tensile (related)
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flexural (related)
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shear (related)
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interlaminar (related)
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ductility (related)
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uniaxial (related)
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through-thickness (related)
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adherend (related)
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torsional (related)
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in-plane (related)
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stiffness (related)
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biaxial (related)
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Find another word for compressive. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for compressive, like: tensile, flexural, shear, interlaminar, ductility, uniaxial, through-thickness, adherend, torsional, and stiffness.
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Compressive Sentence Examples

  • 4 Some writers have indeed contended that the stress in magnetized iron is not compressive, but tensile, even when, as in the case of a ring-magnet, there are no free ends.

  • Folding of the rocks resulted from the operation of great compressive forces acting tangentially to the figure of the earth.

  • The safe tensile strength of Portland cement concrete would be something like one-tenth of its compressive strength, and might be far less.

  • It has considerable compressive or crushing strength, but is somewhat deficient in shearing strength, and distinctly weak in tensile or pulling strength.

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