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Definitions for COMPRESSED
kəmˈprɛstcom·pressed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. compressed, tightadjective

    pressed tightly together

    "with lips compressed"

  2. compressedadjective

    reduced in volume by pressure

    "compressed air"

  3. compressed, flatadjective

    flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

Wiktionary

  1. compressedadjective

    Pressed tightly together.

  2. compressedadjective

    Flattened, especially when along its entire length.

ChatGPT

  1. compressed

    Compressed generally refers to the process of reducing the size, amount, or volume of something, often for efficiency or convenience. Compression can be applied to various context - data, files, gases, substances, etc. It may also refer to the state of being pressed together or compacted.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Compressed

    of Compress

  2. Compressedadjective

    pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure

  3. Compressedadjective

    flattened lengthwise

Entomology

  1. Compressed

    flattened laterally.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of COMPRESSED in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of COMPRESSED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of COMPRESSED in a Sentence

  1. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko:

    I do not like poems that resemble hay compressed into a geometrically perfect cube. I like it when the hay, unkempt, uncombed, with dry berries mixed in it, thrown together gaily and freely, bounces along atop some truck-and more, if there are some lovely and healthy lasses atop the hay-and better yet if the branches catch at the hay, and some of it tumbles to the road.

  2. John Williams:

    The unnecessarily compressed execution schedule using the risky drug midazolam denies prisoners their right to be free from the risk of torture.

  3. Remy de Gourmont:

    The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.

  4. Alex Hayes-Griffin:

    Investors needed to see some performance in the reverse Yankee paper this week before they start buying again, but unlike late last year where the US paper underperformed on softer conditions, investors are now more open-minded about reverse Yankee issuance as it's a chance to pick up yield in a market where spreads on European companies are being heavily compressed.

  5. Gary Newman:

    We certainly did n’t go into the season thinking that we needed to make a tonal shift, even last year when ‘ Last Man ’ was canceled, we really looked for an opportunity to move it to our schedule and we just did n’t have the right show to pair it with. We did n’t have the right opportunity. It was a really compressed time when it was canceled at the very end in May. We were emboldened by the response we saw on ‘ Roseanne. ’ We saw it as an opportunity to pair those two shows together on Friday night.

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