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compress noun

  /ˈkɑmpɹɛs/ , /ˈkɒmpɹɛs/
  • (medicine) 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.
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compress verb

  /kəmˈpɹɛs/
  • (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
  • (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
  • (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
  • (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
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compression noun

  /kəmˈpɹeʃ.ən/ , /kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/
  • (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
  • (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
 Kompression
  • An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
 Kompression, Komprimierung
  • (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
 Komprimierung, Kompression

compressibility noun

  • The degree to which something is compressible.
 Kompressibilität, Komprimierbarkeit, Verdichtbarkeit
  • (thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.
 Kompressibilität, Stauchung

compressive adjective

  /kəmˈpɹɛsɪv/
  • That compresses
 kompressiv
gauze compress
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