compressor

From compress +‎ -or, or from New Latin compressor.

• Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

compressor (plural compressors)

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

• pressure

Borrowed from New Latin compressor. The technical sense comes from English compressor.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔmˈprɛ.sɔr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: com‧pres‧sor
• Rhymes: -ɛsɔr

compressor m (plural compressors or compressoren, diminutive compressortje n)

1. (technology) compressor
2. (anatomy) compressor

• “compressor” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• IPA^(key): /komˈprɛs.sor/
• Rhymes: -ɛssor
• Hyphenation: com‧près‧sor

compressor m

1. (electronics) compressor

• compressor in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

From New Latin compressor.

• Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
• Hyphenation: com‧pres‧sor

compressor (feminine compressora, masculine plural compressores, feminine plural compressoras)

1. compressing

compressor m (plural compressores)

1. (anatomy, surgery, technology) compressor

• “compressor”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “compressor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “compressor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “compressor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “compressor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “compressor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024