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n.
Anything which serves to compress
v. i.
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
n.
An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
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n.
An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
n.
Compression.
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The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
n.
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
v. t.
To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
n.
A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
n.
The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.
n.
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
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A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
v. t.
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
a.
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
n.
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
n.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
n.
A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
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A muscle that compresses certain parts.
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