COMPRESSOR
\kəmpɹˈɛsə], \kəmpɹˈɛsə], \k_ə_m_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ə]\
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Anything which serves to compress
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A muscle that compresses certain parts.
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An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
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A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
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By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Instrument or muscle for compressing. See Muscles, Table of.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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