Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Compressor
Compressor
A machine that increases the pressure of a gas or vapour (typically air), or mixture of gases and vapors. The pressure of the fluid is increased by reducing the fluid specific volume during passage of the fluid through the compressor. When compared with centrifugal or axial-flow fans on the basis of discharge pressure, compressors are generally classed as high-pressure and fans as low-pressure machines.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Science
- Category: General science
- Company: McGraw-Hill
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: History Category: Ancient Greece
Laconia
Mountainous region in the central-southern Peloponnese and the home territory of Sparta, which drew on the fertility of the Eurotas valley between the ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
stanley soerianto
0
Terms
107
Blossaries
6
Followers
Indonesia Famous Landmarks
Category: Travel 2 6 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- Printers(127)
- Fax machines(71)
- Copiers(48)
- Office supplies(22)
- Scanners(9)
- Projectors(3)
Office equipment(281) Terms
- Skin care(179)
- Cosmetic surgery(114)
- Hair style(61)
- Breast implant(58)
- Cosmetic products(5)
Beauty(417) Terms
- Wine bottles(1)
- Soft drink bottles(1)
- Beer bottles(1)
Glass packaging(3) Terms
- Film titles(41)
- Film studies(26)
- Filmmaking(17)
- Film types(13)