compressing

/kəmˈpɹɛsɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

    The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
  2. 2

    To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

    Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
  3. 3

    To condense into a more economic, easier format.

    This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
  4. 4

    To abridge.

    If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.
  5. 5

    To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

  6. 6

    To embrace sexually.

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