verb🔗ShareTo 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."technologyphysicsenergymachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format."Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"technologycomputingprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb🔗ShareTo abridge."If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits."I am compressing the video file so it will be small enough to email. "computingtechnologyelectronicssignalcommunicationinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
