Usually means: Machine that increases pressure of gas.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. compressor: Merriam-Webster
  2. compressor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compressor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compressor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compressor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compressor, compressor: Wordnik
  7. compressor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compressor: Wiktionary
  9. compressor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compressor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. compressor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. compressor: Dictionary.com
  13. Compressor (audio signal processor), Compressor (disambiguation), Compressor (software), Compressor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Compressor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. compressor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. compressor: Rhymezone
  17. Compressor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. compressor: FreeDictionary.org
  19. compressor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. compressor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. compressor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compressor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. compressor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. compressor: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compressor: Urban Dictionary

Tech (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  3. Compressor: Construction Glossary
  4. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  7. COMPRESSOR: The Home Appliance Page
  8. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  9. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  10. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  11. COMPRESSOR: Power Engineering

(Note: See compressors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
noun:  A device that squeezes (compresses).
noun:  An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
noun:  An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
noun:  A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
noun:  (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
noun:  (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
noun:  (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.

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