compress
noun
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- (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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compression
noun
/kəmˈpɹeʃ.ən/
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- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
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compressibility
noun
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- The degree to which something is compressible.
- (thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.
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