- Compressure
- Compressure Com*pres"sure (?; 135), n. Compression. [1913 Webster]
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Compressure
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compressure — com·pres·sure … English syllables
compressure — kəmˈpreshə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: compress (I) + ure : compression … Useful english dictionary
compression — /kəmˈprɛʃən / (say kuhm preshuhn) noun 1. Also, compressure /kəmˈprɛʃə/ (say kuhm preshuh). the act of compressing. 2. Also, compressure /kəmˈprɛʃə/ (say kuhm preshuh). a compressed state. 3. (in some internal combustion engines) the reduction in …
compression — compressional, adj. /keuhm presh euhn/, n. 1. the act of compressing. 2. the state of being compressed. 3. the effect, result, or consequence of being compressed. 4. (in internal combustion engines) the reduction in volume and increase of… … Universalium
abbreviation — Synonyms and related words: abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, astriction, astringency, blue penciling, bottleneck, bowdlerization, brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship, cervix, circumscription,… … Moby Thesaurus
astringency — Synonyms and related words: Spartanism, abbreviation, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, asperity, astriction, astringence, austerity, authoritarianism, bite, bitingness, bitter pill, bitterness, bottleneck,… … Moby Thesaurus
bottleneck — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, approach, astriction, astringency, asymptote, bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, canal, catch, cecum, cervix, channel, choking, choking off, circumscription, clog … Moby Thesaurus
cervix — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, advocate, alpenstock, ankle, arm, articulation, astriction, astringency, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bag, ballocks, balls, bandeau, basket, beard, bearer, bottleneck, boundary, bra, brace … Moby Thesaurus
circumscription — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, allowance, astriction, astringency, ban, bar, barring, beleaguerment, besetment, blockade, blockading, border line, bottleneck, bound, boundaries, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounds,… … Moby Thesaurus
compression — Synonyms and related words: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, agglutination, apocope, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, clamping, clamping down, clumping, clustering, coarctation, compactedness, compaction,… … Moby Thesaurus
