compressed
Americanadjective
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pressed into less space; condensed.
compressed gases.
- Antonyms:
- expanded
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pressed together.
compressed lips.
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flattened by or as if by pressure.
compressed wallboard.
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Zoology, Botany. flattened laterally.
adjective
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squeezed together or condensed
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(of the form of flatfishes, certain plant parts, etc) flattened laterally along the whole length
Other Word Forms
- compressedly adverb
- subcompressed adjective
- uncompressed adjective
Etymology
Origin of compressed
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at compress, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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This information is then compressed into a single image through dispersion-encoded coherent modulation imaging.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
Under the compressed four-day week proposals, which are being trialled voluntarily on the Bakerloo line, most drivers would see their working week reduced from 36 hours to 35 hours.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The Sparks worked on building their 2026 roster long before the WNBA’s compressed free agency period tipped off.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Last year, a team of European scientists compressed DeepSeek R1, stripped the censorship from the model entirely, and found that the underlying system answered freely about every topic Beijing had tried to suppress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
I have highly developed, like, cooling-off mechanisms and am perhaps even more comfortable being compressed, than not.’
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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