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Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.

Corrodible. Bailey.

The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.

Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title. -- De*fea"si*ble*ness, n.

Capability of being defended.

Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

Capability of being defended; defensibility. Priestley.

That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible. [Obs.] Petty. -- Dep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.

Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.

Diffusibility.

The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]

Capable of being distended or dilated.

The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation. Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the…

A division of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chætopoda.]

Having branchiæ along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. -- n.

That may be evaded. [R.]

ble of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.