positive-displacement compressor

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positive-displacement compressor [′päz·əd·iv dis¦plās·mənt kəm‚pres·ər]

(mechanical engineering)

A compressor that confines successive volumes of fluid within a closed space in which the pressure of the fluid is increased as the volume of the closed space is decreased.

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