Compress

Definition of Compress

Com`press´

v. t.	1.	To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. [imp. & p. p. Compressed ; p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.] Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. - D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. - Melmoth.
	2.	To embrace sexually.
	3.	(Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
n.	1.	(Surg.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

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