| slovo | definícia |
compress
(mass) | compress
- komprimovať |
compress
(encz) | compress,komprimovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
compress
(encz) | compress,obvaz n: Kamil Páral |
compress
(encz) | compress,stlačit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Compress
(gcide) | Compress \Com"press\, n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.)
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover
the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a
bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
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Compress
(gcide) | Compress \Com*press"\, 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.
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Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
compass of a single life. --D. Webster.
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The same strength of expression, though more
compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
--Melmoth.
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2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
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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.
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compress
(wn) | compress
n 1: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication)
applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve
discomfort or reduce fever)
v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant:
decompress, uncompress]
2: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract, press] |
compress
(foldoc) | compress
1. To feed data through any compression algorithm.
2. The Unix program "compress", now largely
supplanted by gzip.
Unix compress was written in C by Joseph M. Orost, James
A. Woods et al., and was widely circulated via Usenet. It
uses the Lempel-Ziv Welch algorithm and normally produces
files with the suffix ".Z".
Compress uses variable length codes. Initially, nine-bit
codes are output until they are all used. When this occurs,
ten-bit codes are used and so on, until an
implementation-dependent maximum is reached.
After every 10 kilobytes of input the compression ratio is
checked. If it is decreasing then the entire string table is
discarded and information is collected from scratch.
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compress
(jargon) | compress
vt.
[Unix] When used without a qualifier, generally refers to crunching of a
file using a particular C implementation of compression by Joseph M. Orost
et al.: and widely circulated via Usenet; use of crunch itself in this
sense is rare among Unix hackers. Specifically, compress is built around
the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm as described in “A Technique for High
Performance Data Compression”, Terry A. Welch, IEEE Computer, vol. 17, no.
6 (June 1984), pp. 8--19.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
compress
(mass) | compress
- komprimovať |
compression
(mass) | compression
- zhustenie, kompresia |
decompress
(mass) | decompress
- rozbaliť |
air compressor
(encz) | air compressor,vzduchový kompresor n: Clock |
compress
(encz) | compress,komprimovat v: Zdeněk Brožcompress,obvaz n: Kamil Páralcompress,stlačit v: Zdeněk Brož |
compressed
(encz) | compressed,komprimovaný Vladimír Pilný |
compressed air
(encz) | compressed air, n: |
compressed gas
(encz) | compressed gas, n: |
compresses
(encz) | compresses, |
compressibility
(encz) | compressibility,stlačitelnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
compressible
(encz) | compressible,stlačitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compressing
(encz) | compressing,komprimující adj: Zdeněk Brožcompressing,stlačující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compression
(encz) | compression,komprese Vladimír Pilnýcompression,komprimace Zdeněk Brožcompression,propružení Pavel Cvrčekcompression,stisknutí Zdeněk Brožcompression,stlačení Zdeněk Brožcompression,stlačování Zdeněk Brožcompression,zhuštění Pavel Cvrček |
compression bandage
(encz) | compression bandage, n: |
compression fracture
(encz) | compression fracture, n: |
compressional
(encz) | compressional,stlačující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compressive
(encz) | compressive,stlačující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compressor
(encz) | compressor,kompresor n: Zdeněk Brož |
decompress
(encz) | decompress,dekomprimovat v: Zdeněk Broždecompress,rozbalit v: Zdeněk Broždecompress,snížit tlak [med.] web |
decompressing
(encz) | decompressing, n: |
decompression
(encz) | decompression,dekomprese n: Zdeněk Broždecompression,dekomprimování n: Zdeněk Brož |
decompression sickness
(encz) | Decompression Sickness,Kesonová nemoc [med.] Michal AmbrožDecompression Sickness,Nemoc z dekomprese [med.] Michal Ambrož |
image compression
(encz) | image compression, n: |
incompressibility
(encz) | incompressibility,nestlačitelnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
incompressible
(encz) | incompressible,nestlačitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nerve compression
(encz) | nerve compression, n: |
uncompress
(encz) | uncompress,dekomprimovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
uncompressed
(encz) | uncompressed,dekomprimovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncompressed,rozbalený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compressor research facility
(czen) | Compressor Research Facility,CRF[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
decompression sickness
(czen) | Decompression Sickness,DCS[zkr.] Michal Ambrož |
high pressure compressor
(czen) | High Pressure Compressor,HPC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Air compressor
(gcide) | Air \Air\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a["e]r, fr. Gr.
'ah`r, air, mist, for 'a[digamma]hr, fr. root 'a[digamma] to
blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the
French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr.
the same Latin word; and in senses 11, 12, 13 the French
meaning is either fr. L. aria, or due to confusion with F.
aire, in an older sense of origin, descent. Cf. A["e]ry,
Debonair, Malaria, Wind.]
1. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth;
the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid,
transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
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Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an
element; but modern science has shown that it is
essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a
small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions
being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen,
79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These
proportions are subject to a very slight variability.
Air also always contains some vapor of water.
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2. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
"Charm ache with air." --Shak.
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He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being
the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and
water.] --Macaulay
.
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3. A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat,
cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as,
a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
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4. Any a["e]riform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly
called vital air. [Obs.]
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5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
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Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play.
--Pope.
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6. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
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7. That which surrounds and influences.
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The keen, the wholesome air of poverty.
--Wordsworth.
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8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
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You gave it air before me. --Dryden.
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9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in
consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical
and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single
voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to
plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody;
a tune; an aria.
(b) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc.,
the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern
harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called
the air.
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11. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person;
mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a
lofty air. "His very air." --Shak.
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12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance;
manner; style.
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It was communicated with the air of a secret.
--Pope.
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12. pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or
vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts
on airs. --Thackeray.
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14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
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15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
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Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
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Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
on the air, currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio
and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and
sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are
being broadcast at the present moment.
Note: In call-in programs where individuals outside a radio
or television studio have telephoned into the station,
when their voice is being directly broadcast, the host
of the program commonly states "You're on the air." as
a warning that the conversation is not private.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.
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Compressed
(gcide) | Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by
pressure.
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2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
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Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic
force of compressed air.
[1913 Webster]Compress \Com*press"\, 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.
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Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
compass of a single life. --D. Webster.
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The same strength of expression, though more
compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
--Melmoth.
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2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
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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.
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compressed tight
(gcide) | closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen,
closed. Antonym: open.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See:
closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking;
compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
Syn: shut.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
[WordNet 1.5]
6. closed with shutters.
[WordNet 1.5]
7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
[WordNet 1.5]
8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
[WordNet 1.5]
9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
[WordNet 1.5]
10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
[WordNet 1.5]
12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]
[WordNet 1.5]
13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
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Compressed yeast
(gcide) | Compressed yeast \Com*pressed" yeast\
A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in
which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and
mixing with starch or flour.
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Compressed-air engine
(gcide) | Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by
pressure.
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2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
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Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic
force of compressed air.
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Compressibility
(gcide) | Compressibility \Com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
compressibilit['e].]
The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as,
the compressibility of elastic fluids.
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Compressible
(gcide) | Compressible \Com*press"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. compressible.]
Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower
compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
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Compressibleness
(gcide) | Compressibleness \Com*press"ible*ness\, n.
The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
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Compressing
(gcide) | Compress \Com*press"\, 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.
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Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
compass of a single life. --D. Webster.
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The same strength of expression, though more
compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
--Melmoth.
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2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
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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.
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Compression
(gcide) | Compression \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F.
compression.]
1. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
"Compression of thought." --Johnson.
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2. (Computers) reduction of 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 act of compressing [3].
Note: Compression may be lossless compression, in which all
of the information in the original data is preserved,
and the original data may be recovered in form
identical to its original form; or lossy compression,
in which some of the information in the original data
is lost, and decompression results in a data form
slightly different from the original. {Lossy
compression} is used, for example, to compress audio or
video recordings, and sometimes images, where the
slight differences in the original data and the data
recovered after lossy compression may be
imperceptable to the human eye or ear. The JPEG
format is produced by a lossy compression algorithm.
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Compression member
(gcide) | Member \Mem"ber\, n. [OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf.
Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa.]
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1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a
distinct office; an organ; a limb.
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We have many members in one body, and all members
have not the same office. --Rom. xii. 4.
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2. Hence: A part of a whole; an independent constituent of a
body; as:
(a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a
clause; a part of a verse.
(b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic
equation, connected by the sign of equality.
(c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod,
strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
(d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether
constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the
like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of
moldings.
(e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or
the like; an individual forming part of an
association; as, a member of the society of Friends.
(f) (Math.) one of the elements which, taken together,
comprise a set.
(g) (Math.) one of the individual objects which comprise a
group or class.
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Compression member, Tension member (Engin.), a member, as
a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or
tension, respectively.
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Compression projectile
(gcide) | Compression projectile \Com*pres"sion pro*jec"tile\
A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle
by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base
or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small
arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder
jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire
cylindrical part.
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Compressive
(gcide) | Compressive \Com*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. compressif.]
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a
compressive force.
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Compressor
(gcide) | Compressor \Com*press"or\, n. [L.]
Anything which serves to compress; as:
(a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
(b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp.,
the femoral artery) or other part.
(c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass
plates an object to be examined with the microscope; --
called also compressorium.
(d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an
air compressor.
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compressorium
(gcide) | Compressor \Com*press"or\, n. [L.]
Anything which serves to compress; as:
(a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
(b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp.,
the femoral artery) or other part.
(c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass
plates an object to be examined with the microscope; --
called also compressorium.
(d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an
air compressor.
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Compressure
(gcide) | Compressure \Com*pres"sure\ (?; 135), n.
Compression.
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decompress
(gcide) | decompress \decompress\ v. i.
to undergo the process of decompression.
[PJC]decompress \decompress\ v. t.
to subject to the process of decompression.
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decompressing
(gcide) | decompressing \decompressing\ n.
1. the process of experiencing decompression; the act or
process of relieving or reducing pressure.
Syn: decompression.
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decompression
(gcide) | decompression \decompression\ n.
1. the process of experiencing decompression; the act or
process of relieving or reducing pressure.
Syn: decompressing.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. the reduction of atmospheric pressure experienced by
divers rising from deep water to the surface, thus
reducing the concentration of dissolved atmospheric gases
in the blood; -- especially applied to a gradual reduction
of such pressure.
[PJC]
3. the process, analogous to sense 2, undergone by divers in
a decompression chamber, in which an artificially high
atmospheric pressure is gradually lowered to normal
pressure.
[PJC]
4. a return to a normal, more relaxed state after a period of
intense stress, psychological pressure, or urgent
activity; -- of people.
[PJC]
5. (Computers) the process of converting digitally encoded
data from a more compact (compressed) form to its
original, larger size.
Note: The process of compression and decompression may
completely recover all of the original data (called
lossless compression), or may lose some of the original
data in order to achieve higher degress of compression
(lossy compression). The latter is used especially with
images or video data, which may be of very large size
relative to text, and for which small changes may be
imperceptible to the human eye. The JPEG data
compression format is a lossy format.
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decompression sickness
(gcide) | Caisson disease \Cais"son dis*ease"\ (Med.)
A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an
atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells,
etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic
symptoms. It is caused by the release of bubbles of gas,
usually nitrogen, from bodily fluids into the blood and
tissues, when a person, having been in an environment with
high air pressure, moves to a lower pressure environment too
rapidly for the excess dissolved gases to be released through
normal breathing. It may be fatal, but can be reversed or
alleviated by returning the affected person to a high air
pressure, and then gradually decreasing the pressure to allow
the gases to be released from the body fluids. It is a danger
well known to divers. It is also called the bends and
decompression sickness. It can be prevented in divers by a
slow return to normal pressure, or by using a breathing
mixture of oxygen combined with a gas having low solubility
in water, such as helium.
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Globe of compression
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
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Incompressibility
(gcide) | Incompressibility \In`com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
incompressibilit['e].]
The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of
reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a
property of liquids.
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The incompressibility of water is not absolute. --Rees.
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Incompressible
(gcide) | Incompressible \In`com*press"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
compressible: cf. F. incompressible.]
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or
pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting
compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost
incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
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Incompressibleness
(gcide) | Incompressible \In`com*press"i*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
compressible: cf. F. incompressible.]
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or
pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting
compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost
incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
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lossless compression
(gcide) | Compression \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F.
compression.]
1. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
"Compression of thought." --Johnson.
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2. (Computers) reduction of 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 act of compressing [3].
Note: Compression may be lossless compression, in which all
of the information in the original data is preserved,
and the original data may be recovered in form
identical to its original form; or lossy compression,
in which some of the information in the original data
is lost, and decompression results in a data form
slightly different from the original. {Lossy
compression} is used, for example, to compress audio or
video recordings, and sometimes images, where the
slight differences in the original data and the data
recovered after lossy compression may be
imperceptable to the human eye or ear. The JPEG
format is produced by a lossy compression algorithm.
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Lossy compression
(gcide) | Compression \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F.
compression.]
1. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
"Compression of thought." --Johnson.
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2. (Computers) reduction of 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 act of compressing [3].
Note: Compression may be lossless compression, in which all
of the information in the original data is preserved,
and the original data may be recovered in form
identical to its original form; or lossy compression,
in which some of the information in the original data
is lost, and decompression results in a data form
slightly different from the original. {Lossy
compression} is used, for example, to compress audio or
video recordings, and sometimes images, where the
slight differences in the original data and the data
recovered after lossy compression may be
imperceptable to the human eye or ear. The JPEG
format is produced by a lossy compression algorithm.
[PJC]lossy compression \los"sy com*pres"sion\, n. (Computers)
The compression of binary data into a form which, when it is
re-expanded, has most, but not all, of the original
information. It is used primarily for compression of images
and sounds, and is designed to provide a high degree of
compression at the cost of a slight loss of data. It is
expemplified by the JPEG compression standard. Images
compressed by a lossy compression algorithm are re-expanded
into an image close, but not identical to the original image;
the difference between the original and the reconstructed
image may be imperceptible to normal viewing by the eye.
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lossy compression
(gcide) | Compression \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F.
compression.]
1. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
"Compression of thought." --Johnson.
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2. (Computers) reduction of 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 act of compressing [3].
Note: Compression may be lossless compression, in which all
of the information in the original data is preserved,
and the original data may be recovered in form
identical to its original form; or lossy compression,
in which some of the information in the original data
is lost, and decompression results in a data form
slightly different from the original. {Lossy
compression} is used, for example, to compress audio or
video recordings, and sometimes images, where the
slight differences in the original data and the data
recovered after lossy compression may be
imperceptable to the human eye or ear. The JPEG
format is produced by a lossy compression algorithm.
[PJC]lossy compression \los"sy com*pres"sion\, n. (Computers)
The compression of binary data into a form which, when it is
re-expanded, has most, but not all, of the original
information. It is used primarily for compression of images
and sounds, and is designed to provide a high degree of
compression at the cost of a slight loss of data. It is
expemplified by the JPEG compression standard. Images
compressed by a lossy compression algorithm are re-expanded
into an image close, but not identical to the original image;
the difference between the original and the reconstructed
image may be imperceptible to normal viewing by the eye.
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Obcompressed
(gcide) | Obcompressed \Ob"com*pressed"\ a. [Pref. ob- + compressed.]
Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way
opposite to the usual one.
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Poa compressa
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Wire \Wire\ (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel.
v[imac]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine
gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.]
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1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance
formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved
rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
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Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,
triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in
the drawplate, or between the rollers.
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2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;
as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]
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3. Chiefly in pl. The system of wires used to operate the
puppets in a puppet show; hence (Chiefly Political Slang),
the network of hidden influences controlling the action of
a person or organization; as, to pull the wires for
office; -- in this sense, synonymous with strings.
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4. One who picks women's pockets. [Thieves' Slang]
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5. A knitting needle. [Scot.]
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6. A wire stretching across over a race track at the judges'
stand, to mark the line at which the races end. [Racing
Cant]
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Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or
mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in
various ways.
Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made
of wire.
Wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed
in a wire cage.
Wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --
used for strainers, and for various other purposes.
Wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes
formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening
it.
Wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained
horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,
between.
Wire gauge or Wire gage.
(a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness
of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal
plate with a series of notches of various widths in
its edge.
(b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as
by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the
thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is
used in describing the size or thickness. There are
many different standards for wire gauges, as in
different countries, or for different kinds of metal,
the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge
being often used and designated by the abbreviations
B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.
Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling
gauze.
Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses
Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa
compressa}, or blue grass. See Blue grass.
Wire grub (Zool.), a wireworm.
Wire iron, wire rods of iron.
Wire lathing, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the
place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.
Wire mattress. See Wire bed, above.
Wire micrometer, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine
wires, across the field of the instrument.
Wire nail, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed
and pointed.
Wire netting, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary
wire gauze.
Wire rod, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.
Wire rope, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of
wires.
down to the wire, up to the last moment, as in a race or
competition; as, the two front runners were neck-and-neck
down to the wire. From wire[6].
under the wire, just in time; shortly before the deadline;
as, to file an application just under the wire.
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[1913 Webster]Blue grass \Blue" grass`\ (Bot.)
A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems,
valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.
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Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis)
which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is
valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and
drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious.
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Subcompressed
(gcide) | Subcompressed \Sub`com*pressed"\, a.
Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
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