compressor

English

Etymology

compress +‎ -or, or from New Latin compressor

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)

Noun

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) 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.

Related terms

• pressure

Translations

device that produces pressure

• Bulgarian: компре́сор m (komprésor)
• Catalan: compressor m
• Czech: kompresor (cs) m
• Finnish: kompressori (fi)
• French: compresseur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kompressor (de) m
• Greek: αεροσυμπιεστής (el) m (aerosympiestís)
• Italian: compressore (it) m
• Japanese: 圧縮機 (ja) (asshuku ki), コンプレッサー (ja) (kompuressā)
• Maori: papu whakawhāiti, pamu whakawhāiti
• Norwegian: kompressor m
• Polish: sprężarka f, kompresor (pl) m
• Romanian: compresor (ro) n
• Russian: компре́ссор (ru) m (kompréssor)
• Spanish: compresor (es) m

device that squeezes

• Finnish: puristin (fi)
• Hebrew: מדחס‎ m (mad'khes)
• Japanese: 圧縮機 (ja) (asshuku ki), 圧搾機 (assakuki)
• Norwegian: presse (no) m or f

device that reduces the range of an audio signal

• Finnish: kompressori (fi)
• French: compresseur (fr) m
• Japanese: コンプレッサー (ja) (kompuressā)
• Swedish: kompressor (sv) c

computing: program or algorithm for compressing data

• Spanish: compresor (es) m

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔmˈprɛ.sɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

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

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

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Portuguese

Noun

compressor m (plural compressores)

1. compressor