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Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.

art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar.

A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

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Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.

A receptacle for clothes.

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his hist…

Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.

The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

The quality of being compressible; compressibility.

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.

mall arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.

Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.

Anything which serves to compress; as:

Compression.

A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed." Tennyson.