Definition of Compressors

1. Noun. (plural of compressor) ¹

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Definition of Compressors

1. compressor [n] - See also: compressor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compressors

compression wave
compressional
compressionless
compressions
compressive
compressive ear dressing
compressive myelopathy
compressive nystagmus
compressive strength
compressively
compressiveness
compressor
compressorium
compressors (current term)
compressure
comprimario
comprint
comprints
comprisal
comprisals
comprise
comprised
comprises
comprising
comprize
comprized
comprizes
comprizing

Literary usage of Compressors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heat by Edward Marvin Shealy (1914)
"The above classes of compressors may be divided into single- stage and ... In single-stage compressors the air is compressed from suction to final pressure ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"Development of the Law Relating to the Use of Gas compressors in Natural Gas Production f BY SAMUEL S. WYER, * ME, COLUMBUS, OHIO (New York Meeting, ..."

3. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"Medium-pressure compressors arc those in which the pressure attained is compressed ... High-pressure compressors are those in which the air is compressed to ..."

4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"As the number of scientific, educational, and sport divers increases, there is a concomitant rise in the number and variety of air compressors being used to ..."

5. Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke (1912)
"This economy of compression must not be confused with efficiencyof compressors as machines, as it is merely a comparison of the work in the compressor ..."

6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"I Air compressors MECHANICAL ENGINEERING POWER AND TRANSMISSION Air Meter. Frank Richards. ... Theory of Operation of Air compressors (Die Wirkungsweise der ..."

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