[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compress \compress"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. compressed; p. pr 
   vb. n. compressing. l. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to
   compress: com- + premere to press. see press.
   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.
      1913 webster

            events of centuries . . . compressed within the
            compass of a single life.             --d. webster.
      1913 webster

            the same strength of expression, though more
            compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
                                                  --melmoth.
      1913 webster

   2. to embrace sexually. obs. --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      pjc

   syn: to crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.
        1913 webster
see also:
compressed compressing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compressing
     n : applying pressure syn: compression ant: decompression
see also:
compression decompression 

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