Definition of "swellable" []

• That is capable of swelling (adjective)

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• "One of the applications we use significantly in our conventional oil and gas business is what are called swellable packers -- they isolate the formation from the well itself."
• "Ashland's other additives designed for wood care, UV-cured coatings and swellable rheology modifiers for adhesives will also be on display."
• "They use either an archival swellable surface that encapsulates the inks or a more transient porous surface which sucks them in (and is often advertised as "instant dry")."