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Mustapha, a Turk, invokes the White Lady and recovers the use of his right eye by applying a compress to it.
Mustapha, un Turc, invoque la Dame blanche, et recouvre l’œil droit, en y appliquant une compresse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
To compress a gas—i.e. to force its molecules to draw together—a considerable pressure must be exercised upon it.
Pour comprimer un gaz, c'est-à-dire forcer ses molécules à se rapprocher, il faut exercer sur lui une pression considérable.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
I would compress the history of the ten days following into as many words.
Je voudrais pouvoir renfermer en dix mots l'histoire des dix jours qui suivirent.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
HE MUST THEN COMPRESS THEM BETWEEN THE GLASS PLATES IN SUCH A WAY THAT NORMAL PRINT CAN BE CLEARLY READ THROUGH THE SLIDE PREPARATION .
ET LES PRESSER ENTRE LES LAMES DE VERRE DU COMPRESSEUR DE SORTE QUE LES CARACTERES D ' IMPRIMERIE NORMAUX PUISSENT ETRE LUS FACILEMENT A TRAVERS LES PREPARATIONS .
For an instant he had been observing the two banks of the river with uneasiness. He advanced his huge hands to his knees, tightly compressing his lips.
Depuis un instant il regardait les deux rives avec inquiétude; il avançait ses grosses mains sur ses genoux, en serrant les lèvres.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Once or twice the Indian yell was given, but it seemed smothered, and as if it proceeded from exhausted or compressed throats, and, in a single instance, a deep and another shockingly revolting execration came from the throat of Hurry.
Une fois ou deux, le cri de guerre des Indiens fut poussé, mais il était faible et semblait étouffé ; et une autre fois une exécration révoltante partit de la bouche de Hurry.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The three girls stepped towards him, with compressed lips.
Les trois filles s'étaient avancées, avec des pincements de lèvres.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Finally - but this has nothing to do with turbulence - the self-gravity of the gas structures temporarily compressed in shocks, for example, can trigger gravitational instabilities and enhance the structures already present within the medium.
Enfin - mais ceci n'a rien à voir avec la turbulence - l'auto-gravité des structures de gaz rassemblées temporairement dans les chocs, par exemple, peut être à l'origine d'instabilités gravitationnelles et amplifier la structuration du milieu.
Lequeux, James / The Interstellar MediumLequeux, James / Le milieu interstellaire
Le milieu interstellaire
Lequeux, James
© 2002, EDP Sciences/CNRS Editions
The Interstellar Medium
Lequeux, James
© 2002, EDP Sciences/CNRS Editions, Paris, France
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Doctor Porquier scanned Marthe's face, and then, without making any further examination, he compressed his lips and made a vague gesture with his hands.
Le docteur Porquier regarda attentivement le visage de Marthe; puis, sans l'examiner autrement, il resta debout, pinçant les lèvres, faisant de la main un geste vague.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
compressed air (aeration),
air comprimé (aération),
When the voices died into silence, she rose and crept stealthily away. Pale, shivering, with rigid features and compressed lips, she looked an entirely altered being from the soft and timid creature she had been hitherto.
Quand les voix moururent dans le silence, elle se releva et se coula dehors. Pâle, frissonnante, les traits contractés, les lèvres serrées, ce n’était plus la douce et timide créature qu’elle avait été jusque-là.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
An eternity, perhaps, compressed into two or three minutes.
Une éternité peut-être, deux ou trois minutes sans doute.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Ensure that the hole drilled in the disc and the recess in the compressed pellet are coaxial by inserting the wooden rod.
Assurer au moyen de la tige en bois la coïncidence du trou foré dans le disque et de l'alvéole creusé dans le comprimé.
The young man compressed his lips, dashed a hand across his eye, and flushed and paled alternately, like a girl confessing her love.
Jasper serra les lèvres, passa une main sur ses yeux, rougit et pâlit tour à tour, comme une jeune fille qui avoue son amour,
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
It was the compressed misery of a life-time.
C'était la condensation des misères de toute une vie.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar

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Collocations

compressed air
air comprimé
compressed air line
canalisation d'air comprimé
work in compressed air
travail en air comprimé
work in compressed air
travail en pression
compressed natural gas
gaz naturel comprimé

Word forms

compress

noun
SingularPlural
Common casecompresscompresses
Possessive casecompress', compress'scompresses'

compress

verb
Basic forms
Pastcompressed
Imperativecompress
Present Participle (Participle I)compressing
Past Participle (Participle II)compressed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I compresswe compress
you compressyou compress
he/she/it compressesthey compress
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am compressingwe are compressing
you are compressingyou are compressing
he/she/it is compressingthey are compressing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have compressedwe have compressed
you have compressedyou have compressed
he/she/it has compressedthey have compressed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been compressingwe have been compressing
you have been compressingyou have been compressing
he/she/it has been compressingthey have been compressing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I compressedwe compressed
you compressedyou compressed
he/she/it compressedthey compressed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was compressingwe were compressing
you were compressingyou were compressing
he/she/it was compressingthey were compressing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had compressedwe had compressed
you had compressedyou had compressed
he/she/it had compressedthey had compressed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been compressingwe had been compressing
you had been compressingyou had been compressing
he/she/it had been compressingthey had been compressing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will compresswe shall/will compress
you will compressyou will compress
he/she/it will compressthey will compress
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be compressingwe shall/will be compressing
you will be compressingyou will be compressing
he/she/it will be compressingthey will be compressing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have compressedwe shall/will have compressed
you will have compressedyou will have compressed
he/she/it will have compressedthey will have compressed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been compressingwe shall/will have been compressing
you will have been compressingyou will have been compressing
he/she/it will have been compressingthey will have been compressing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would compresswe should/would compress
you would compressyou would compress
he/she/it would compressthey would compress
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be compressingwe should/would be compressing
you would be compressingyou would be compressing
he/she/it would be compressingthey would be compressing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have compressedwe should/would have compressed
you would have compressedyou would have compressed
he/she/it would have compressedthey would have compressed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been compressingwe should/would have been compressing
you would have been compressingyou would have been compressing
he/she/it would have been compressingthey would have been compressing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am compressedwe are compressed
you are compressedyou are compressed
he/she/it is compressedthey are compressed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being compressedwe are being compressed
you are being compressedyou are being compressed
he/she/it is being compressedthey are being compressed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been compressedwe have been compressed
you have been compressedyou have been compressed
he/she/it has been compressedthey have been compressed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was compressedwe were compressed
you were compressedyou were compressed
he/she/it was compressedthey were compressed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being compressedwe were being compressed
you were being compressedyou were being compressed
he/she/it was being compressedthey were being compressed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been compressedwe had been compressed
you had been compressedyou had been compressed
he/she/it had been compressedthey had been compressed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be compressedwe shall/will be compressed
you will be compressedyou will be compressed
he/she/it will be compressedthey will be compressed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been compressedwe shall/will have been compressed
you will have been compressedyou will have been compressed
he/she/it will have been compressedthey will have been compressed