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compressor definition

com·pres·sor (-pres′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that compresses
  2. a muscle that compresses a part
  3. a machine, esp. a pump, for compressing air, gas, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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