compressingn.
The action of the verb; compression.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > compression or constriction
compressing1398
compressionc1400
constrictionc1400
spanning1527
coarctation1540
restriction1580
choking1635
coarction1782
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > [noun] > by compression
arctation1656
gripe1676
compressing1804
acupressure1859
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxiv. 133 The free passage of the ayre..is forbode and lette by wryngynge and compressynge of the Ysophagus.
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 546 The compressing of the principal artery or arteries that supply the part or parts with blood..will stop the bleeding.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
compressingadj.
/kəmˈprɛsɪŋ/ That compresses.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adjective] > of or relating to pressure > relating to compression > that compresses
compressing1660
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xiii. 85 The Vessel..made..less full of compressing matter.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 5 One of Mr. Hawkesbee's Compressing Engines.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. App. 432 A compressing force acting at right angles to the planes of cleavage.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 31/2 The air-compressing engine of Sommeilleur..worked the rock-drills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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