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compressorium

compressorium noun: an apparatus for confining or flattening an object between glass plates for examination with a microscope.

compressorium: an apparatus for confining or flattening an object between glass plates for examination with a...
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Noun

compressorium (plural compressoria)

  1. An apparatus for confining or flattening an object between glass plates for examination with a microscope.
    Synonyms:
    compressor

Synonyms of compressorium

Forms of compressorium

pluralcompressoria

Questions about compressorium

What does compressorium mean?
Compressorium means an apparatus for confining or flattening an object between glass plates for examination with a microscope.
What part of speech is compressorium?
Compressorium is a noun.
What is the plural of compressorium?
The plural of compressorium is compressoria.

Words near compressorium in the dictionary

  1. compressometers
  2. compressometric
  3. compressometry
  4. compressor
  5. compressoria
  6. compressorium
  7. compressorless
  8. compressors
  9. compressure
  10. compressures
  11. comprest

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