They all possess a certain amount of elasticity, a certain amount of compressibility,-in a word, there exist in all bodies common characteristics: so they have given a common name to those possessing these common properties, and called that which constitutes bodies 'matter.
"In Search of a Son"
William Shepard Walsh
The terms frequent and infrequent refer to the number of pulse beats in a given time; quick and slow to the length of time required for the pulse wave to pass beneath the finger; large and small to the volume of the wave; hard and soft to its compressibility; and intermittent to the occasional missing of a beat.
"Common Diseases of Farm Animals"
R. A. Craig, D. V. M.
Ledoux remembered a performance of the Sicilian Vespers, at Nantes, at which he had noticed that a considerable number of sturdy and well-furnished people had managed to push their way into the pit which was already full, and ultimately find seats, thanks to the compressibility of human bodies.
"Abbé Aubain and Mosaics"
Prosper Mérimée