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compressing
[] 压缩
  1. A machine for compressing material.
    压缩
  2. A compressing or restraining force, influence, or thing.
    束,束缚压缩、影响
  3. A machine or device for raising, compressing, or transferring fluids.
    升、压缩输送液体装置




compressing
[ noun ]
applying pressure
<noun.act>




Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compressed}; p. pr &
vb. n. {Compressing}.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to
compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]
1. 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.

Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
compass of a single life. --D. Webster.

The same strength of expression, though more
compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
--Melmoth.

2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.

3. (Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of
binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a
smaller number of bits while preserving the information
content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to
recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
[PJC]

Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.