compressed
Pressed tightly together.
Other meanings
Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
“The gas remains compressed inside the cylinder.”
Synonyms
- tight
Related words
- compressedly
- noncompressed
- obcompressed
- subcompressed
- supercompressed
- bit-compressed
- compressed air
- compressed sensing
- compressed yeast
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “compressed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.