compress
verb
/kəmˈpɹɛs/
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- (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.
- (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
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comprimere
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compress
noun
/ˈkɑmpɹɛs/
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/ˈkɒmpɹɛs/
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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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compressa
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compression
noun
/kɒm.pɹɛʃ.ən/
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- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
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compressione
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compressibility
noun
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- The degree to which something is compressible.
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comprimibilità
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