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Chart showing compressor performance
A compressor map is a chart which shows the performance of a turbomachinery compressor. This type of compressor is used in gas turbine engines, for supercharging
Compressor_map
Machine for continuous flow gas compression
axial compressors from other types of rotating compressors, such as centrifugal compressors, axi-centrifugal compressors, and mixed-flow compressors, in
Axial_compressor
Sub-class of turbomachinery
Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic, axisymmetric, work-absorbing turbomachinery
Centrifugal_compressor
Gas turbine phenomenon
A compressor stall is a local disruption of the airflow in the compressor of a gas turbine or turbocharger. A stall that results in the complete disruption
Compressor_stall
Refrigeration process
conditions, chillers with the larger diameter lower-speed compressor have a wider 'Centrifugal Compressor Map' and experience surge conditions less than those
Vapor-compression refrigeration
Vapor-compression_refrigeration
Aerodynamic instability in axial or centrifugal compressors
Compressor surge is a form of aerodynamic instability in axial compressors or centrifugal compressors. The term describes violent air flow oscillating
Surge_in_compressors
Engine component
basic categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor and mixed flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type is the free-piston
Gas turbine engine compressors
Gas_turbine_engine_compressors
Exhaust-powered forced-induction device for engines
the compressor map. Some turbochargers use a "ported shroud", whereby a ring of holes or circular grooves allows air to bleed around the compressor blades
Turbocharger
Airbreathing jet engine designed to provide thrust by driving a fan
The off-design behaviour of turbofans is illustrated under compressor map and turbine map. Because modern civil turbofans operate at low specific thrust
Turbofan
High-speed jet engine by Pratt & Whitney
problem (the compressor deep in surge) was caused by the compressor trying to operate at too-low a corrected speed in an area of its compressor map known as
Pratt_&_Whitney_J58
actual flow. Sometimes, the axes of a turbine map are transposed, to be consistent with those of a compressor map. As in this case, a companion plot, showing
Turbine_map
Branch of physics
Bernoulli's principle Communicating vessels Computational fluid dynamics Compressor map Secondary flow Different types of boundary conditions in fluid dynamics
Fluid_mechanics
Unit of rotational speed
referring to the speed of audio CDs Radian per second Rotational speed Compressor map Turn (geometry) Idle speed Overspeed (engine) Redline Rev limiter Tachometer
Revolutions_per_minute
US Air Force supersonic aircraft, 1964–1998
compressor as a result of operating at low corrected speeds on the compressor map. These problems were resolved by Pratt & Whitney engineer Robert Abernethy
Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
Variable Pitch Propeller
surge lines, working lines, etc. should read the Wikipedia article on compressor map. There are two solutions to this problem: 1) Open up the cold nozzle
Variable_pitch_fan
is required. Compressor inlet cooling is used in the first case. A compressor map shows that the airflow reduces with increasing compressor inlet temperature
Gas_turbine_engine_thrust
Type of continuous-flow turbine engine
The turbine drives the compressor and, depending on the design, may also produce thrust, shaft power, or both. The compressor, combustor, and turbine
Gas-turbine_engine
Turbomachinery concept
Precooling restores some or all of the performance degradation of the engine compressor (by preventing rotating stall/choking/reduced flow), as well as that of
Precooled_jet_engine
Measurement indicator of fuel conversion
exhaust nozzle) back pressures the compressor to control its pressure rise and flow rate as shown on a compressor map. Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour military
Jet_engine_performance
Removal of unnecessary characters in code without changing its functionality
comments and whitespace from JavaScript code. It was followed by YUI Compressor in 2007. In 2009, Google opened up its Closure toolkit, including Closure
Minification_(programming)
Type of garbage collection algorithm
the Compressor maintains a relocation map that maps the old address of each object to its new address (i.e., its address before compaction is mapped to
Mark–compact_algorithm
Mountain in Southern Patagonia in South America
trying a new route on the southeast face. With the aid of a gas-powered compressor drill, Maestri equipped 350 metres (1,150 ft) of rock with bolts and got
Cerro_Torre
List of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in aerospace engineering
engineering consideration. Compressor map – is a diagram showing significant performance parameters for a rotating compressor, and how they vary with changing
Glossary of aerospace engineering
Glossary_of_aerospace_engineering
Unincorporated community in Arizona, United States
connecting the Texas gas fields to northern California with compressor stations that included compressor stations with cooling towers every 300 miles (480 km)
Topock,_Arizona
American environmental activist (born 1960)
"Cr-VI" or "Cr-6") in the town. At the center of the case was the Hinkley compressor station, built in 1952 as a part of a natural-gas pipeline connecting
Erin_Brockovich
Brief description of components needed for jet engines
inlet is not part of the engine, the engine relies on it to help prevent compressor surging (by reducing inlet distortion), and to give a pressure boost to
Components_of_jet_engines
United States historic place
Watermill, it is more correctly denoted as a compressor station, which used a water turbine to drive an air compressor, and was originally built with a horizontal
Crystal_Mill
British turbojet engine
reverse-flow combustion configuration included a double-sided centrifugal compressor, 10 combustion chambers and an axial-flow turbine with air-cooled disc
Power_Jets_W.2
Pressure-release system in turbocharged engines
A blowoff valve (BOV) (also called dump valve or compressor bypass valve) is a pressure release system present in most petrol turbocharged engines. Blowoff
Blowoff_valve
Class of artificial neural network
applied RNN to study cognitive psychology. In 1993, a neural history compressor system solved a "Very Deep Learning" task that required more than 1000
Recurrent_neural_network
Positive-displacement lobe pump
operation of the compressor itself requires energy input, which is converted to heat and can be transferred to the gas through the compressor housing, heating
Roots_blower
Heat exchanger used to cool a gas after compression
Often found in turbocharged engines, intercoolers are also used in air compressors, air conditioners, refrigeration and gas turbines. Most commonly used
Intercooler
2018 international rescue mission in Thailand
pump Diving air compressor Diving air filter Water separator High pressure breathing air compressor Low pressure breathing air compressor Gas blending Gas
Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
1996 fatal aviation accident during takeoff
catastrophic turbine engine failure that caused debris from the front compressor hub of the left engine to penetrate the left aft fuselage, killing 2 passengers
Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1288
Device which removes solid particulates from the air
important, notably in building ventilation systems engine, compressor, gas turbine compressor intakes equipment(autos, aircraft, construction) cabins. human-made
Air_filter
June 2023. "Russia Destroys The Mortar 'made In Spain – Security Risk – RiskMap". www.riskmap.com. "El presidente Sánchez se reúne con Zelenski en Granada
List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war
List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war
neighbourhoods while returning to Los Angeles International Airport because of a compressor stall, injuring 56 people on the ground. January 27 – Caspian Airlines
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft
Jet engine where combustion takes place in supersonic airflow
comparison, typical turbojet engines require multiple stages of rotating compressor rotors, and multiple rotating turbine stages, all of which add weight
Scramjet
2025 aviation accident in Louisville, Kentucky, US
detached engine may have been ingested into the tail engine, inducing a compressor stall and thus causing the engine to surge, but this is yet to be confirmed
UPS_Airlines_Flight_2976
2025 aviation accident in India
inspections on fuel-parameter monitoring and associated systems, cabin air compressor and associated systems, electronic engine control system test, engine
Air_India_Flight_171
Natural gas pipeline from Russia to Turkey
natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Turkey. It starts from Russkaya compressor station near Anapa in Russia's Krasnodar Region, crossing the Black Sea
TurkStream
– except an empty fuel tank. As car, has powerful double-mounted air-compressor cannon with 50 mile range; as robot uses blinding photon pistol. Sometimes
List of The Transformers characters
List_of_The_Transformers_characters
power on the roof of the dojo, but gets blown off the roof once the compressors kicks in and releases a giant blast of air. Later, Jack and Jerry return
List_of_Kickin'_It_episodes
Proposed natural gas pipeline through south-eastern Europe
Russian onshore facilities was held on 7 December 2012 at the Russkaya compressor station near Anapa. On 25 July 2013, the Vice Premier Republic of Macedonia
South_Stream
British multinational oil and gas company
escaping gases to flares. Rather than shut down associated units while compressor repairs were made, BP chose to keep operating those other units, which
BP
2023 operating system version
like when Caps Lock is on. Videos now encode faster in Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and third-party video applications on Mac computers using M1 Ultra or
MacOS_Sonoma
British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996)
driven compressor to provide the compressed air for the burner, a turbine could be used to extract some power from the exhaust and drive a compressor, similar
Frank_Whittle
1966 studio album by the Beatles
because there was nowhere else to go but too far. With Revolver, they had mapped out the pop universe so perfectly that all they could do next was tear it
Revolver_(Beatles_album)
Straight-4 cylinder engine from 1993
2023. "SLK 200 Compressor / R 170 E 20 ML, 1996 - 2000". mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023. "CLK 200 Compressor / C 208 E 20 ML
Mercedes-Benz_M111_engine
Australian natural gas pipeline
Adelaide. There are two compressors on the route. The Miakite compressor at Grassdale in Victoria, and the Coomandook compressor in South Australia are
SEAGas_pipeline
British jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber
alternators. Engine starting was then by air-starters supplied from a Palouste compressor on the ground. Standby supplies in the event of a main AC failure were
Avro_Vulcan
Measure of a civilization's evolution
the objects that could be megastructures have not yet been discovered and mapped. In addition, 95% of the matter remains invisible or can only be inferred
Kardashev_scale
Digital circuit that produces sums from inputs
viewed as a 3:2 lossy compressor: it sums three one-bit inputs and returns the result as a single two-bit number; that is, it maps 8 input values to 4 output
Adder_(electronics)
Motor vehicle
edition yellow seats with red STi logo stitching. A smaller, lightweight AC compressor was fitted to save weight. The brake rotors were gas slotted. The wheels
Subaru_Impreza_WRX_STI
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
history of the Indonesian island of Bali. For the 1971 film A Blank on the Map, he joined the first Western expedition to a remote highland valley in New
David_Attenborough
Natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany
866 km (1,781 mi) of new pipeline and three compressor stations were built and five existing compressor stations were expanded. The feeding pipeline
Nord_Stream_2
Machine used to produce air flow
low pressure (although higher than ambient pressure), as opposed to compressors which produce high pressures at a comparatively low volume. A fan blade
Fan_(machine)
U.S. military vehicle of WWII ("Jeep")
well as proper waterproofing equipment. Westinghouse developed a T1 air compressor, to be used in conjunction with special tires, to deflate the tires off-road
Willys_MB
Natural gas pipeline from Siberia to China
(Zeyskaya) compressor station began. The Atamanskaya and Chayandinskaya compressor stations were completed in 2019. Construction of all compressor stations
Power_of_Siberia
Indian combat aircraft
use of airframe composites, the Y-duct inlet which shields the engine compressor blades, the application of radar-absorbent material (RAM) coatings and
HAL_Tejas
German experimental high altitude research aircraft
continuing to pass through the slowly windmilling compressors. After each of the three compressor stages, the charge air was cooled to about 0 °C (32 °F)
Grob_Strato_2C
Upgraded series of the Su-27 fighter aircraft
radar-absorbent materials to the engine inlets and front stages of the engine compressor to halve the Su-35's frontal radar cross-section and minimize the detection
Sukhoi_Su-35
London Underground line
Westinghouse brakes, and the air reservoirs were charged from static compressors at Waterloo. They were charged to 100 psi (690 kPa), running down to
Waterloo_&_City_line
HVDC transmission line in Norway
current (HVDC) electric power transmission line for the supply of the gas compressor station on the offshore construction work Troll A platform. It consists
HVDC_Troll
GPU microarchitecture designed by Nvidia
the data (and thus its compressibility) may be changed at any time. The compressor will automatically choose between several compression algorithms. The
Hopper_(microarchitecture)
U.S. Navy's special operations force
August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. "Degree Map for a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (IDSS): SO – Special
United_States_Navy_SEALs
Airport serving Los Angeles, California, United States
Airlines Flight 113, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER suffered an engine compressor stall shortly after take off from the airport's Runway 25R, forcing the
Los Angeles International Airport
Los_Angeles_International_Airport
European wide-body airliner
combination of the 3 m (118 in) fan and scaled intermediate pressure compressor of the Trent 8104 proposed for the Boeing 777-200LR/300ER (which was itself
Airbus_A380
Pirate Blackbeard's ship
pump Diving air compressor Diving air filter Water separator High pressure breathing air compressor Low pressure breathing air compressor Gas blending Gas
Queen_Anne's_Revenge
2001 studio album by the Microphones
volume on the microphones, particularly Sennheiser MKH 405, and using compressors. The drums were recorded via multi-tracking with the snare and bass drum
The_Glow_Pt._2
Turbo layout that uses two turbochargers
five types of compressor setups (which theoretically could have 15 different setups): Compound Compressors Staged Compound Compressors Staged Sequential
Twin-turbo
Team Lotus, with its Renault engine; the wastegate of a turbocharger compressor; the 1986 San Marino Grand Prix in northern Italy on 27 April 1986; the
List_of_Equinox_episodes
Engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort
with blowtorch cylinders strapped to the sides and a pneumatic drill air compressor permanently fastened over the power take-off. These are often fitted with
Tractor
Process for digital management of built assets
Macro BIM Open-source architecture Open-source 3D file formats OpenStreetMap Pre-fire planning System information modelling Whole Building Design Guide
Building_information_modeling
Subset of artificial intelligence
within these feature spaces. For each compressor C(.) we define an associated vector space ℵ, such that C(.) maps an input string x, corresponding to the
Machine_learning
American strategic bomber
to deflect and shield radar returns from the highly reflective engine compressor blades. The B-1A's engine was modified slightly to produce the GE F101-102
Rockwell_B-1_Lancer
UK crude oil field
separators is compressed in the LP Compressor, Intermediate Pressure (IP) Compressor, HP Compressor and Export/Lift Compressor. There is also a gas dehydration
Clyde_oil_field
Executive car series produced by Audi
S logo. 3.0 TDI model includes 7 kW (9.5 PS; 9.4 hp) electric powered compressor, Euro 6d temp emission standard compliance. European models went on sale
Audi_A6
Type of Soviet nuclear power reactor
atmosphere (70–90% He, 10–30% N2 by volume). The gas circuit is composed of a compressor, aerosol and iodine filters, adsorber for carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide
RBMK
Change in sea level due to gravity
to contour lines of constant altitude on topographical maps, and when plotted form a cotidal map or cotidal chart. High water is reached simultaneously
Tide
Implement or device used to inflict damage, harm, or kill
(August 2017). "Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea: An Interactive Map". James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Retrieved 19 August 2017
Weapon
Type of aircraft engine
with the fan placed outside the engine nacelle on the same axis as the compressor blades. During this era, the propeller problems became fixable. Advances
Propfan
Chemical compound of sulfur and oxygen
system. Beginning in 1920, it saw widespread use in the "Rollator" rotary-compressor home refrigerators produced by Norge. Following the introduction of less
Sulfur_dioxide
1994 multi-role combat aircraft family by Eurofighter
increase the airflow and pressure ratios of the high and low pressure compressors and run higher temperatures in the turbines by using the latest generation
Eurofighter_Typhoon
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
pump Diving air compressor Diving air filter Water separator High pressure breathing air compressor Low pressure breathing air compressor Gas blending Gas
RMS_Lusitania
Close-in weapon system
to conserve ammunition. The new design replaces the pneumatic motor, compressor, and storage tanks, reducing system weight by 180 lb (82 kg) while increasing
Phalanx_CIWS
2011 nuclear accident in Japan
venting was not resumed until over 6 hours later once an external air compressor could be installed. Despite this, the reactor pressure was immediately
Fukushima_nuclear_accident
1956 fighter aircraft family by Lockheed
design airspeed limitation of Mach 2. The engine consisted of a 17-stage compressor, an accessory drive section, an annular combustion chamber, a three-stage
Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter
Soviet fighter aircraft
the center of gravity of its heavy Junkers Jumo 004 pioneering axial-compressor turbojet engines. Further experience and research during World War II
Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15
Electric light bulb with a resistively heated wire filament
Differential Epicyclic gearing Gimbal Gyroscope Whippletree MEMS Pneumatics Compressor Jackhammer Rivet gun Vacuum pump Robotics Arm Leg Energy Fire Charcoal
Incandescent_light_bulb
Independent aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor
expensive project being scrapped in 1946. The backward curved centrifugal compressor from the black box project was used in future designs and lessons from
Honeywell_Aerospace
Family of lossless-compression image file formats
chunks/metadata), compressed by an effective compressor is normally smaller than a GIF image. Depending on the file and the compressor, PNG may range from somewhat smaller
PNG
Gas pipeline interconnection between Latvia and Estonia
discharge 7 million cubic metres per day (250 million cubic feet per day) Diameter 700 mm (28 in) No. of compressor stations 1 Compressor stations Vireši
Vireši–Tallinn_pipeline
Branch of machine learning
which is the next unexpected input of the RNN below. This "neural history compressor" uses predictive coding to learn internal representations at multiple
Deep_learning
Borough in New York City and county in New York State
The difference, Mr. Sarno said, is that the mechanical power to run the compressor comes from steam-powered turbines, not electrical motors." A brief history
Manhattan
Large twin-aisle airliner family
rear of the HP compressor and adding an additional stage to the LP compressor, which more than compensated for the reduction in HP compressor pressure ratio
Boeing_777
Italian automotive manufacturer
Allied war efforts. Munitions, aircraft engines and other components, compressors, and generators based on the company's existing car engines were produced
Alfa_Romeo
Material of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids
Differential Epicyclic gearing Gimbal Gyroscope Whippletree MEMS Pneumatics Compressor Jackhammer Rivet gun Vacuum pump Robotics Arm Leg Energy Fire Charcoal
Plastic
Acoustic sensing method
fuzzy-logic analysis of the acoustic data. Side-scan sonars can be used to derive maps of seafloor topography (bathymetry) by moving the sonar across it just above
Sonar
Mixed reality headset by Apple
OS CarPlay Classroom HomeKit Core Foundation FileMaker Final Cut Pro Compressor Motion Logic Pro MainStage iLife GarageBand iMovie iPhoto Apple Intelligence
Apple_Vision_Pro
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Great and Little Linford in Buckinghamshire or Lynford in Norfolk. The former may have Old English hlyn ‘maple’ as its first element; the latter is more likely to contain līn ‘flax’. The second element in each case is Old English ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval personal name Masselin. This originated as an Old French pet form of Germanic names with the first element mathal ‘speech’, ‘counsel’. However, it was later used as a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace. A feminine form, Mazelina, was probably originally a pet form of Matilda.English and French : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden bowls, from Middle English, Old French maselin ‘bowl or goblet of maple wood’ (a diminutive of Old French masere ‘maple wood’, of Germanic origin). In some cases it may derive from the homonymous dialect terms maslin, one of which means ‘brass’ (Old English mæslen, mæstling), the other ‘mixed grain’ (Old French mesteillon).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the female personal name Mabel (see Mapp).
Boy/Male
Tamil
King of stars, Map
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a maple tree, Middle English mapel (Old English mapul).French : from Latin mapula, a diminutive of mappa ‘piece of cloth’, ‘napkin’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a cloth merchant or a weaver.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps, as Reaney suggests, from a pet form of the Old English personal name Wippa, or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a whipple tree, whatever that may have been. Chaucer lists whippletree (probably a kind of dogwood) along with maple, thorn, beech, hazel, and yew.Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, in about 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Maple.
Boy/Male
Hindu
King of stars, Map
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a person who finished freshly woven cloth by passing it between heavy rollers to compress the weave. The English term for such a worker, calender, is from Old French calandrier, calandreur, from the verb calandrer.Scottish : variant spelling of Callander.Variant spelling of German Kalander (see Kolander).
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset and Gloucester)
English (Somerset and Gloucester) : unexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Star; Map
Girl/Female
Hindu
King of stars, Map
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a variant of the medieval female personal name Mab(be), a short form of Middle English, Old French Amabel (from Latin amabilis ‘loveable’). This has survived into the 20th century in the short form Mabel.English : possibly from an unattested Old English male personal name, Mappa.English : from Old Welsh map, mab ‘son’, which was used as a distinguishing epithet.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Maple.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Mab(be) (see Mapp).
Girl/Female
Tamil
King of stars, Map
Female
Native American
Native American Sioux name MAPIYA means "sky."
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for someone with boils or lumpy skin, or perhaps for a hunchback, from Middle High German maser ‘lump’, ‘protuberance’.German and English : from Middle High Germanmaser, Middle English maser ‘maple-wood bowl’ (Old French masere, of Germanic origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a wood-turner producing such ware.English : variant spelling of Macer, an occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French maissier, massier, a derivative of Old French masse ‘mace’.German (Maaser) : pet form of Thomas.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
God of youth and music.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Mab(be) (see Mapp 1).
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Parkishit's Wife
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Scottish
Crooked Nose; Bent Nose; Clan
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Persian, Telugu
Respected; Blessed; King; Pride
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever trickster, from Old English prætt ‘trick’, ‘tricky’, ‘cunning’ (which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Worshipped by sage Matanga
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sanger 2.
Boy/Male
African, American, Armenian, British, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
Asked of God; Told by God; Name of King in Bible; Follower of Jesus; Heard by God
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Intelligent.
Boy/Male
Latin Swedish English
Constant.
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n.
The act of pressing; compression; oppression.
n.
The compressed clay of coal strata.
n.
Anything which serves to compress
a.
Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
v. t.
To compress; to shut up.
n.
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
n.
A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
n.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
a.
Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
n.
One who, or that which, impresses.
p. pr & vb. n.
of Compress
imp. & p. p.
of Compress
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.
Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.
n.
An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
n.
Compression.
n.
One who loads; an oppressor.
n.
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
n.
A muscle that compresses certain parts.
a.
Flattened lengthwise.