Definition of compressors. Meaning of compressors. Synonyms of compressors

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Definition of compressors

Compressor
Compressor Com*press"or, n. [L.] Anything which serves to compress; as: (a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. (c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium. (d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.

Meaning of compressors from wikipedia

- incompressible, so compressors are rarely used for liquids. The main action of a pump is to pressurize and transport liquids. Many compressors can be staged...
- while pumps work on a liquid. Compressors may be classified according to the pressure delivered: Low-pressure air compressors, which have a discharge pressure...
- Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery...
- differs from other rotating compressors such as centrifugal compressor, axi-centrifugal compressors and mixed-flow compressors where the fluid flow will...
- of mechanism being less suitable for smaller compressors than piston compressors. The **** compressor is identical to the **** pump except that the...
- Solar-powered air conditioning Inverter compressors make solar-powered air conditioning viable. Before, fixed-speed on/off compressors required an inrush, or surge...
- electrolysis for hydrogen production. Hydrogen compressors are closely related to hydrogen pumps and gas compressors: both increase the pressure on a fluid and...
- the separators to the gas compressor for compression. There are three commonly used types of engines that drive the compressors and are known as "prime...
- semi-hermetic compressor Typically in hermetic, and most semi-hermetic compressors (sometimes known as accessible hermetic compressors), the compressor and motor...
- significantly different in appearance to that of compressors. A compressor map shows the operating range of a compressor and how well it works within its operating...