expansible

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However absurd the cereal wars may appear, Roth says he is simply trying to act before the really big guys muscle in on his highly expansible idea.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this purpose an expansible, metallic core is employed, the arrangement of which is shown in Figs.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

One method is to form the tube of two layers of glass, one being considerably more expansible than the other.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The concertina consists of two hexagonal or rectangular keyboards connected by a long expansible bellows of many folds similar to that of the accordion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various