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  • noun Plural form of compressor.

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Examples

  • Elias said he thinks the company's weak outlook reflects sales of newer air conditioners and that Ingersoll-Rand hasn't been able to keep up with demand for its R22 air compressors, which is hurting its residential sales.

    unknown title 2011

  • Accesories such as compressors are relatively unexpensive, they are not repaired anymore but authomatically replaced.

    Take a Guess, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • One of Armstrong's favorites is Dover, which sells equipment such as compressors and drill bits used by the oil industry, as well as sucker arms that allow oil derricks to move oil out of the ground.

    Doing Well On Capital GoodsStock Focus: Doing Well On Capital Goods 2006

  • Machines such as compressors, jack hammers, explosives and accessories could be seen, the main underground extraction method used being room-and-pillar.

    4. Small Scale Gemstone Mining 1996

  • QGC, part of the British BG Group, announced yesterday it would begin to commit the funds for ordering "long-lead" items such as compressors, storage tanks and preparing the site for construction.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The heavy industrial equipment industry such as compressors and heat exchanges are showing some signs of improvement with greater optimism about the second half.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Mr Dranibaka said that most of those people were using prohibited fishing equipment such as compressors and scuba.

    Fiji Times Online - Local News 2010

  • Mr Dranibaka said that most of those people were using prohibited fishing equipment such as compressors and scuba.

    Fiji Times Online - Local News 2010

  • Speaking to the "compressors" comment above … Apache's mod_deflate or mod_gzip would take care of any file size concerns.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • With some of them, for example pitch shifting effects, you will immediately notice the effect on the sound, while others, such as compressors, require some knowledge of how to adjust the parameters to get good results.

    MSDN Blogs 2009

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