English Dictionary

compress

IPA（発音記号）

/kəmˈpɹɛs/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 廃用

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

日本語の意味

圧縮する：物体を圧力で小さくする、または体積や占有空間を減らすこと / 縮小する：物の大きさや体積を小さくすること

Please compress the files before uploading them to save bandwidth.

アップロードする前にファイルを圧縮して帯域幅を節約してください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To 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.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel

意味（3）

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.

意味（4）

(transitive) To abridge.

If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.

意味（5）

(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

意味（6）

(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

This nymph compreſs'd by him vvho rules the day, / VVhom Delphi and the Delian iſle obey, / Andræmon lov'd; and, bleſs'd in all thoſe charms / That pleas'd a God, ſucceeded to her arms.

compresses （ present singular third-person ）

compressing （ participle present ）

compressed （ participle past ）

compressed （ past ）