different between compressor vs compressible

English

Etymology

compress +? -or, or from New Latin compressor

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?(r)

Noun

compressor (plural compressors)

1. A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
2. A device that squeezes (compresses).
   1. An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
   2. An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
   3. A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
3. (audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
4. (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
5. (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.

Related terms

• pressure

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compressor. The technical sense comes from English compressor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m?pr?.s?r/
• Hyphenation: com?pres?sor
• Rhymes: -?s?r

Noun

compressor m (plural compressors or compressoren, diminutive compressortje n)

1. (technology) compressor
2. (anatomy) compressor

Portuguese

Noun

compressor m (plural compressores)

1. compressor

English

Etymology

Probably from French

Adjective

compressible (comparative more compressible, superlative most compressible)

1. able to be compressed
2. (topology, of a surface embedded in a 3-dimensional manifold) Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.

Antonyms

• (topology): incompressible

Derived terms

• compressibility

Related terms

• compress
• compressor

Translations

French

Etymology

From comprimer +? -ible

Adjective

compressible (plural compressibles)

1. compressible

Further reading

• “compressible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).