compressor
/kəmˈpɹɛ.sə(ɹ)/
compressor noun: a device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
Noun
compressor (plural compressors)
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
- The compressor is mounted adjacent to the fuel tank and provides compressed air for operating the locomotive brakes, control gear, sanders and warning horns.1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 394
- A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- A program or algorithm for compressing data.
compressor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
compressor in Hindi
- कंप्रेसर, कम्प्रेसर, संपीड़क
compressor in Tamil
- ஒடுக்கி, அமுக்கி, அழுத்தி, அழுத்தும் கருவி
compressor in Marathi
- कंप्रेसर, कॉम्प्रेसर, संपीडक
compressor in Urdu
- کمپریسر
More languagesFewer languages
- compressor in Bengali
- সংকোচকারী, কম্প্রেসার, সংকোচক
- compressor in Telugu
- కంప్రెసర్
- compressor in Malayalam
- കംപ്രസ്സർ, കംപ്രസർ, കമ്പ്രസർ
- compressor in Kannada
- ಗಾಳಿಯೊತ್ತಡಕ
- compressor in Punjabi
- ਕੰਪ੍ਰੈਸਰ, ਸੰਕੁਚਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਕੰਪਰੈਸਰ
- compressor in Gujarati
- કોમ્પ્રેસર, સંકોચક, કમ્પ્રેસર
- compressor in Odia
- କମ୍ପ୍ରେସର, କମ୍ପ୍ରେସର୍
- compressor in Nepali
- कम्प्रेसर
Examples of compressor in a sentence
- Design cycle time for an all-new state-of-the-art compressor is still years from go-ahead to readiness for manufacture.
- The large rotational inertia of the heavy compressor and turbine rotors makes the engine slow to spool up from idle.
- At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.
Forms of compressor
| plural | compressors |
|---|
Origin of compressor
From compress + -or, or from New Latin compressor.
Words formed from compressor
Phrases with compressor
Words that rhyme with compressor
Questions about compressor
- What does compressor mean?
- Compressor means a device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- What is compressor in Hindi?
- Compressor in Hindi is कंप्रेसर, कम्प्रेसर, संपीड़क. See Compressor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is compressor?
- Compressor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce compressor?
- Compressor is pronounced /kəmˈpɹɛ.sə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of compressor?
- The plural of compressor is compressors.
Words near compressor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compressor (page history and authors); compressor (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compressor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compressor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); compressor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compressor.wav.
Cite this entry: “compressor.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/compressor. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.