COMPRESSED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
COMPRESSED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of compress 2. to press something into a smaller space: 3. to. Learn more.
COMPRESSED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of compress 2. to press something into a smaller space: 3. to. Learn more.
Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
COMPRESSED definition: pressed into less space; condensed. See examples of compressed used in a sentence.
The author compressed [= condensed] 80 years of history into 15 pages. This type of file compresses easily. This type of file is easily compressible.
The meaning of COMPRESSED is pressed together : reduced in size or volume (as by pressure). How to use compressed in a sentence.
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