compressedadj.

/kəmˈprɛst/

Etymology: < compress v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Pressed together closely, so as to occupy small space; pressed into a smaller volume and denser composition than the ordinary; condensed. compressed air has, from its elasticity, been applied as a motive force or substitute for steam, and is also used in Medicine; hence such phrasal combinations as compressed air engine, compressed air bath (sometimes hyphenated).

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid > by compaction or compression

compressedc1374

compacta1398

hard-pressed1562

compacted1598

condensed1606

compress1647

constipated1647

confert1661

clotted1674

noddena1864

tabloid1890

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > compressed or constricted

compressedc1374

coarctate?a1475

nippit1535

comprimate?1541

coarctated1655

spanned1741

constricted1753

nipped1759

constrained1768

squeezed1831

pinched1836

scrunched1836

nipped1850

the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air-pressure > compressed or confined air

wind?c1225

compressed air1669

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 57 Sest þou nat þan how streit and how compressed [ante so streyt yþrongen] is þilke glorie þat ȝe trauailen aboute to shew and to multiplie.

1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 128 The compressed air suddenly finding out a way of eruption.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Wind Compress'd Air is denser than Air less compress'd.

1857 Engineer IV. 144/1 Making compressed yeast.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 30/2 Ware's Compressed Air-bath is for subjecting a patient to an enveloping atmosphere of air under pressure.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 602/2 The compressed-air engine at Ardsley Colliery..travels on wheels and is pushed to its work by hand.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 604/1 A machine for making compressed bullets.

1879 Daily News 16 Dec. 5/8 The compressed gas being driven into a strong boiler.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 May 2/2.

b. compressed score n. a musical score in which more than one voice-part is written on a single staff: esp. four-part harmony written on two staves.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > score > type of score

full score1786

vocal score1819

short score1876

compressed score1877

open score1899

condensed score-

1877 (title) The Congregational Psalmist: a companion to all the new Hymn-books..Compressed Score edition.

c. figurative. Concentrated; condensed.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed

contract1561

cutted1565

curtal1579

contracted1595

astrict1631

compressed1822

condensed1823

syncopated1897

capsule1938

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis v. 105 Furnished with more compressed thoughts.

1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 98 Love thou thy Land, is only to be compared with an essay of Lord Bacon's for its compressed energy.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. 130 The compressed and haughty page of Tacitus.

a. Having a flattened form, like the result of pressure; having the two opposite sides nearly plane or flat; spec. in Zoology and Botany flattened laterally, or along its length.

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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure > having appearance of

compressed1668

squashy1895

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 112 A small compressed seed.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Compressed leaf, one with the mark of an impression on both sides.

1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. i. ix. 179 Mars..is compressed at the poles, so that his equatorial diameter is to his polar axis as 16 to 15 nearly.

1847 Bewick's Hist. Brit. Birds (new ed.) I. 293 The bill..is two inches long, vertically compressed on the sides.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 201 The hand..is furnished with five powerful but compressed nails.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 620 The stem then becomes cylindrical, or, if it is compressed..still with a uniform breadth.

b. compressed type n. Printing = condensed type, or a variety thereof.

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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > condensed

clarendon1848

compressed type1875

condensed type1891

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 641 Types..have undergone every change in form that fancy or taste could suggest..clarendon, a modification of antique..compressed, or tall thin letters.

3. Of separate things: Pressed together.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressed or squeezed

wrung1382

impact1563

squeezed1598

squissed1629

squized1632

impacted1683

compressed1846

1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia I. i. Prol. 11 His compressed lips told that he felt the anguish of the laugh that circled round him.

Draft additions December 2015

Electronics and Computing. Of a signal, digital file, etc.: reduced in size or bandwidth by compression (compression n. Additions).

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1934 R. C. Mathes & S. B. Wright in Electr. Engin. 53 862/2 To maintain properly the characteristics of the compressed signals, a transmission band width without appreciable amplitude or phase distortion of about twice the normal proved necessary.

1966 Datamation Apr. 39/1 Compressed data can better meet the quantity limitations of transmission systems, recorders, and digital computers.

1989 Electronics & Wireless World Feb. 117/2 With a VCEP (video compression/expansion processor) incorporated into the copier, multiple documents can be scanned and stored in compressed form within the copier.

1991 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Sept. Compressed files are from half to one eighth the size, and are automatically decompressed when run.

1993 Compute Sept. 49/3 I use archives to compress files to floppy disks. From DOS it's easy to see what's in the compressed file.

2005 Rip & Burn Mar. 102/1 Each song takes up around 30–40MB, ten times larger than a compressed MP3.

2013 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 125 696/1 Random sequences for which knowledge of one bit provides no extra information about what the next bit might be..would be typical of, say, a compressed data file.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	compressed
释义	compressedadj. /kəmˈprɛst/ Etymology: < compress v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Pressed together closely, so as to occupy small space; pressed into a smaller volume and denser composition than the ordinary; condensed. compressed air has, from its elasticity, been applied as a motive force or substitute for steam, and is also used in Medicine; hence such phrasal combinations as compressed air engine, compressed air bath (sometimes hyphenated). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid > by compaction or compression compressedc1374 compacta1398 hard-pressed1562 compacted1598 condensed1606 compress1647 constipated1647 confert1661 clotted1674 noddena1864 tabloid1890 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > compressed or constricted compressedc1374 coarctate?a1475 nippit1535 comprimate?1541 coarctated1655 spanned1741 constricted1753 nipped1759 constrained1768 squeezed1831 pinched1836 scrunched1836 nipped1850 the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air-pressure > compressed or confined air wind?c1225 compressed air1669 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 57 Sest þou nat þan how streit and how compressed [ante so streyt yþrongen] is þilke glorie þat ȝe trauailen aboute to shew and to multiplie. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 128 The compressed air suddenly finding out a way of eruption. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Wind Compress'd Air is denser than Air less compress'd. 1857 Engineer IV. 144/1 Making compressed yeast. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 30/2 Ware's Compressed Air-bath is for subjecting a patient to an enveloping atmosphere of air under pressure. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 602/2 The compressed-air engine at Ardsley Colliery..travels on wheels and is pushed to its work by hand. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 604/1 A machine for making compressed bullets. 1879 Daily News 16 Dec. 5/8 The compressed gas being driven into a strong boiler. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 May 2/2. b. compressed score n. a musical score in which more than one voice-part is written on a single staff: esp. four-part harmony written on two staves. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > score > type of score full score1786 vocal score1819 short score1876 compressed score1877 open score1899 condensed score- 1877 (title) The Congregational Psalmist: a companion to all the new Hymn-books..Compressed Score edition. c. figurative. Concentrated; condensed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed contract1561 cutted1565 curtal1579 contracted1595 astrict1631 compressed1822 condensed1823 syncopated1897 capsule1938 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis v. 105 Furnished with more compressed thoughts. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 98 Love thou thy Land, is only to be compared with an essay of Lord Bacon's for its compressed energy. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. 130 The compressed and haughty page of Tacitus. 2. a. Having a flattened form, like the result of pressure; having the two opposite sides nearly plane or flat; spec. in Zoology and Botany flattened laterally, or along its length. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure > having appearance of compressed1668 squashy1895 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 112 A small compressed seed. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Compressed leaf, one with the mark of an impression on both sides. 1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. i. ix. 179 Mars..is compressed at the poles, so that his equatorial diameter is to his polar axis as 16 to 15 nearly. 1847 Bewick's Hist. Brit. Birds (new ed.) I. 293 The bill..is two inches long, vertically compressed on the sides. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 201 The hand..is furnished with five powerful but compressed nails. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 620 The stem then becomes cylindrical, or, if it is compressed..still with a uniform breadth. b. compressed type n. Printing = condensed type, or a variety thereof. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > condensed clarendon1848 compressed type1875 condensed type1891 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 641 Types..have undergone every change in form that fancy or taste could suggest..clarendon, a modification of antique..compressed, or tall thin letters. 3. Of separate things: Pressed together. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressed or squeezed wrung1382 impact1563 squeezed1598 squissed1629 squized1632 impacted1683 compressed1846 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia I. i. Prol. 11 His compressed lips told that he felt the anguish of the laugh that circled round him. Draft additions December 2015 Electronics and Computing. Of a signal, digital file, etc.: reduced in size or bandwidth by compression (compression n. Additions). ΚΠ 1934 R. C. Mathes & S. B. Wright in Electr. Engin. 53 862/2 To maintain properly the characteristics of the compressed signals, a transmission band width without appreciable amplitude or phase distortion of about twice the normal proved necessary. 1966 Datamation Apr. 39/1 Compressed data can better meet the quantity limitations of transmission systems, recorders, and digital computers. 1989 Electronics & Wireless World Feb. 117/2 With a VCEP (video compression/expansion processor) incorporated into the copier, multiple documents can be scanned and stored in compressed form within the copier. 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Sept. Compressed files are from half to one eighth the size, and are automatically decompressed when run. 1993 Compute Sept. 49/3 I use archives to compress files to floppy disks. From DOS it's easy to see what's in the compressed file. 2005 Rip & Burn Mar. 102/1 Each song takes up around 30–40MB, ten times larger than a compressed MP3. 2013 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 125 696/1 Random sequences for which knowledge of one bit provides no extra information about what the next bit might be..would be typical of, say, a compressed data file. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1374
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