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Princeton's WordNet

  1. compression, compressingnoun

    applying pressure

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  1. compressing

    Compressing refers to the process of reducing the size of data files in order to save space or to speed up transmission. This could relate to various forms of data including documents, images, video, and audio files. Compression can be done through different techniques, often removing redundant or unnecessary information. It is also important to note that compression can be lossless, where no information is lost in the process, or lossy, where some data may be eliminated.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Compressing

    of Compress

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of compressing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of compressing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of compressing in a Sentence

  1. Francois Momboisse:

    Black Friday is one of the top sales days of the year and it allows us to smooth out Christmas shopping over a longer period rather than compressing all those sales in the Dec. 10 to 24 period. It does not necessarily lead to more consumption.

  2. Linus Chuang:

    There were a lot of issues related to this very large tumor in the abdomen. She can't eat, she can't walk, and there are problems related to potential complications with this large mass compressing the venous system, she was at very high risk of developing blood clots because of compression of the blood flow.

  3. Sir Winston Churchill:

    MacDonald has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

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