Definizione monolingua

compress

compress (third-person singular simple present compresses, present participle compressing, simple past and past participle compressed)

1. (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

   The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.

2. (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

   Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel

3. (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

   This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.

4. (transitive) To abridge.

   If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.

5. (technology) (transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

compress (plural compresses)

1. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patients skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

   He held a cold compress over the sprain.

2. A machine for compressing

Definizione dizionario compress

	comprimere
	to press together into a smaller space
	To reduce the size of a set of data, such as a file or a communications message, so that it can be stored in less space or transmitted with less bandwidth.

	bendaggio
	Any therapeutic material that is used to cover an injury.

appiattire

compattare

compressa

opprimere

premere

pressare

stringere

Altri significati:

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

A soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.

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.

to be pressed together

to condense

(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.

to encode digital information into less bits

To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

(transitive) To abridge.

(technology) (transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds

A machine for compressing