Used in a Sentence

compress

How to use compress in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for compress.

Editorial note

I'd use random data to make it hard to compress.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of compress gathered in one view.

noun

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

verb

make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

verb

squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for compress.

noun

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

verb

make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

Example sentences

1

I'd use random data to make it hard to compress.

2

You don't know if there won't be some link layer compression along the way.

3

When playing rock, an occasional packet would not compress well and end up too large, then fail to send.

4

It would lose a lot in the translation -- but so does a heavily-compressed image.

5

Though you may have to use more words, a word like "wherefore" still counts for four words worth of compressed space, when replaced by "why".

6

If you were to map the dictionary into "up-goer five" speak, you could compress Shakespeare pretty well.

7

Classical compresses better than rock, so it generated smaller UDP packets.

8

This generates heat because you are compressing the air of course but its windy so you've got heat sink vanes in the air flow being cooled by convection.

9

I love that this is the top story on HN. I only wish that PG got as much flack for his startup economics hype piece[1] and proposition to compress a lifetime's worth of work effort into four years.

10

If you don't squeeze it perfectly symmetrically, it will squirt through your fingers and pop rather than getting compressed by a factor of 20.

11

You use a laser to spherically compress a 1 mm diameter spherical capsule.

12

An mp4 video can take advantage of all kinds of fancy compression techniques like keyframes and forward-predictive frames.

13

When you compress information you are basically figuring out the pattern behind something, and encoding that pattern instead of the entire image.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use compress in a sentence?

I'd use random data to make it hard to compress.

What does compress mean?

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

What part of speech is compress?

compress is commonly used as noun, verb.