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1compress — com|press1 [kəmˈpres] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: compressare to press hard , from Latin comprimere to compress , from com ( COM ) + premere to press ] 1.) [I and T] to press something or make it smaller so that it takes up less… …
2compress — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if you compress something it is pressed so that it takes up less space: compress sth into: The machine compresses old cars into blocks of scrap metal. | compressed air/gas etc: Compressed gas was escaping through a hole in the… …
3compress — To place under pressure or to squeeze into a small space. Also see pre compress …
4compress — verb 1) the skirt can be compressed into a small bag Syn: squeeze, press, squash, crush, cram, jam, stuff; tamp, pack, compact; constrict; informal scrunch 2) the text was compressed Syn …
5pledget — A tuft of wool, cotton, or lint. * * * pled·get plej ət n a compress or small flat mass usu. of gauze or absorbent cotton that is laid over a wound or into a cavity to apply medication, exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter… …
6προσπτυγματίοις — προσπτυγμάτιον small compress neut dat pl …
7pledget — [plej′it] n. [< ?] a small compress, sometimes medicated, used as a dressing for a wound or sore …
8Lossless data compression — is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data. The term lossless is in contrast to lossy data compression, which only allows an approximation of the original data to be… …
9nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …
10Teller–Ulam design — The basics of the Teller–Ulam design. Radiation from a primary fission bomb compresses a secondary section containing both fission and fusion fuel. The compressed secondary is heated from within by a second fission explosion. The Teller–Ulam… …