Compressed Definition

kəm-prĕst
adjective
Pressed together; made more compact by pressure.
Webster's New World
Flattened lengthwise, as the stalk of an aspen leaf.
Webster's New World
Flattened into a thin, convex, streamlined shape, as the body of the flounder or other flatfish.
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of compress.

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Compressed Sentence Examples

  • Compressed air is now driven down the 1-in.

  • Her eyes were dry and glistening, her lips compressed, her cheeks sunken.

  • Mayer, a physician at Heilbronn, published an attempt to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat from the heat produced when air is compressed.

  • For ordinary combustions compressed oxygen is used, so that the combustible substance burns almost instantaneously, the action being induced by means of some electrical device which can be controlled from without the calorimeter.

  • The air inside is compressed in consequence and during an upstroke of the piston this air tends to regain its original volume and so expels the water, thus bringing about a continuous supply.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

DEDSED

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Words Starting With C and Ending With D

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