MEANING
1. A machine that compresses a gas to raise its pressure.
2. A device or program that reduces the difference between louder and quieter parts of an audio signal.
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- air compressor
- compressor stage
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The air compressor restarted with a metallic knock.
A compressor stage failed during the test.
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- compressor
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular compressor; plural compressors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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