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Verb
/kəmˈpres/,
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compresses, 3rd person singular present; compressed, past tense; compressed, past participle; compressing, present participle;
  1. Flatten by pressure; squeeze; press
    • - the skirt can be folded and compressed into a small bag
    • - compressed gas
  2. Be squeezed or pressed together or into a smaller space
    • - the land is sinking as the soil compresses
  3. Squeeze or press (two things) together
    • - Violet compressed her lips together grimly
  4. Express in a shorter form; abridge
    • - in this chapter we compress into summary form the main findings
  5. Alter the form of (data) to reduce the amount of storage necessary

  6. Having a narrow shape as if flattened, esp. sideways
    • - most sea snakes have a compressed tail
Noun
  1. A pad of absorbent material pressed onto part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding
    • - a cold compress
  1. make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
  2. a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
  3. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  4. (compressed) pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
  5. (compressed) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
  6. (compressing) compression: applying pressure
  7. A dressing is an adjunct used by a person for application to a wound to promote healing and/or prevent further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, which makes it different from a bandage, which is primarily used to hold a dressing in place. ...
  8. (Compression (album)) Compression is the first solo album by bassist Billy Sheehan, formerly of Talas, David Lee Roth, and Mr. Big.
  9. (Compression (astronomy)) Compression, in astronomy is the deviation of a heavenly body from the spherical form, called also the ellipticity. It is numerically expressed by the ratio of the differences of the axes to the major axis of the spheroid. ...
  10. (Compression (functional analysis)) In functional analysis, the compression of a linear operator T on a Hilbert space to a subspace K is the operator
  11. (Compression (geology)) In geology the term compression refers to a set of stresses directed toward the center of a rock mass. Compressive strength refers to the maximum compressive stress that can be applied to a material before failure occurs. ...
  12. (Compression (music)) Dynamic range compression, also called DRC (often seen in DVD and car CD player settings) or simply compression, is a process that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal, that is, narrows the difference between high and low audio levels or volumes. ...
  13. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury; A machine for compressing; To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a ...
  14. (compression) to increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction; the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed; the process by which data is compressed; the electronic process by which any sound's gain ...
  15. (Compressed) Data files available for download from the Internet are typically compacted in order to save server space and reduce transfer times. Typical file extensions for compressed files include zip (DOS/Windows).
  16. (compressed (adj: k@m prEst)) Of a typeface, one that is narrower than the compressed version of the basic design.
  17. (Compressed (Condensed, Narrow, Tall)) A typeface family variation that is narrower than its "roman" or "plain" counterpart. Created either by design or by adjusting the horizontal scale.
  18. (Compressed) A stranding configuration with concentric strands in which either all layers or the outer layer only is passed through a die to reduce the conductor diameter by 3%
  19. (Compressed) Put under pressure so that more gas will fit into the same volume; with carbon dioxide it is compressed until it is like a dense fluid
  20. (Compressed) Text which is narrow or tightly spaced. Usually at least 15 characters per inch.
  21. (compressed) Flattened, e.g. the sporophylls of Dioon female cones, or the old trunk bases of large, arborescent cycads.
  22. (Compresses) A wet dressing soaked in cool tap water and applied to affected skin. sometimes aluminum acetate, saline, or potassium premanganate are mixed with the water. The compresses are applied for a period of some 10 to 15 minutes and changed every 5 minutes to ensure their wetness. ...
  23. (Compresses) External applications to soften tissue, allay inflammation or alleviate pain.
  24. (Compression) the process of compacting digital data, images and text by deleting selected information.
  25. (compression) A technique to reduce the size of a file in order to make it more manageable and quicker to download. Compressed files have to be extracted using a utility such as PKZip or WinZip. Such files usually have a .zip extension.