compression
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French compression, from Latin compressiō.
- derived from compressiō
- borrowed from compression
Definitions
An increase in density
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is…
The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
The process by which data is compressed.
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The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
The neighborhood
- antonymdecompression
- antonymrarefaction
Derived
age compression, aortocaval compression syndrome, companding, compansion, compressional, compression fracture, compressionless, compression pump, compression ratio, compression release, compression set, compression shorts, compression sock, compression wave, compression wood, cryocompression, data compression, effective compression, electrocompression, globe of compression, microcompression, New York compression, noncompression, overcompression, parallel compression, precompression, recompression, selective compression, supercompression, thermocompression, time compression, time-space compression, uncompression, vasocompression, wavelet compression
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for compression. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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