| COMPRESS | • compress v. (Transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume. • compress v. (Intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format. • compress v. (Transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format. |
| COMPRESSED | • compressed adj. Pressed tightly together. • compressed adj. Flattened, especially when along its entire length. • compressed v. Simple past tense and past participle of compress. |
| COMPRESSES | • compresses n. Plural of compress. • compresses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compress. • COMPRESS v. to compact. |
| COMPRESSOR | • compressor n. A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas. • compressor n. A device that squeezes (compresses). • compressor n. (Audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. |
| COMPRESSING | • compressing v. Present participle of compress. • COMPRESS v. to compact. |
| COMPRESSION | • compression n. An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction. • compression n. (Automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed. • compression n. (Computing) The process by which data is compressed. |
| COMPRESSIVE | • compressive adj. That compresses. • COMPRESSIVE adj. of or relating to compression. |
| COMPRESSORS | • compressors n. Plural of compressor. • COMPRESSOR n. one that compresses. |
| COMPRESSURE | • compressure n. (Archaic) Compression. • COMPRESSURE n. the act of compressing. |
| COMPRESSEDLY | • compressedly adv. In a compressed manner. • COMPRESSED adv. COMPRESS, to compact. |
| COMPRESSIBLE | • compressible adj. Able to be compressed. • compressible adj. (Topology, of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold) Containing a circle that does not serve… • COMPRESSIBLE adj. capable of being compressed. |
| COMPRESSIBLY | • compressibly adv. In a compressible way. • COMPRESSIBLE adv. capable of being compressed. |
| COMPRESSIONS | • compressions n. Plural of compression. • COMPRESSION n. the act of compressing. |
| COMPRESSURES | • compressures n. Plural of compressure. • COMPRESSURE n. the act of compressing. |
| COMPRESSIONAL | • compressional adj. The quality of compression. • COMPRESSIONAL adj. relating to compression. |
| COMPRESSIVELY | • compressively adv. In a compressive way. • COMPRESSIVE adv. of or relating to compression. |
| COMPRESSIBILITY | • compressibility n. The degree to which something is compressible. • compressibility n. (Thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant… • COMPRESSIBILITY n. the state of being compressible. |