OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 7412

compress

/kəmˈpɹɛs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comprimir
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.
events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life
comprimirse
To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
comprimir
To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
The command-line tool gzip allows you to compress files in a few different ways. First, gzip can compress results from standard input.