compressor
English edit
Etymology edit
compress + -or, or from New Latin compressor.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Noun edit
compressor (plural compressors)
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- A device that squeezes (compresses).
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
device that produces pressure
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device that squeezes
device that reduces the range of an audio signal
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computing: program or algorithm for compressing data
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin compressor. The technical sense comes from English compressor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
compressor m (plural compressors or compressoren, diminutive compressortje n)
Further reading edit
- “compressor” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
compressor m
Further reading edit
- compressor in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin compressor.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
compressor (feminine compressora, masculine plural compressores, feminine plural compressoras)
Noun edit
compressor m (plural compressores)
Further reading edit
- “compressor” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “compressor” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “compressor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “compressor” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “compressor” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “compressor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.