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compression
Found in thesaurus: concentration, shrinkage, shrinking, encoding, encryption, press, pressing, pressure
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compression
n.
pressing together, making smaller using pressure
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Compression
Compression may refer to:
Physical science
- Compression (physics), the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress
- Compression member, a class of structural elements, of which a column is the most common specific example
- Compressibility, a measure of volume change resulting from pressure
- Gas compression, raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases
- Compression ratio, a figure of merit of an internal-combustion engine
- Compression (geology), a system of forces that tend to decrease the volume of rocks
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compression
Noun
1. an increase in the density of something
(synonym) compaction, concretion, densification
(hypernym) concentration
2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
(synonym) condensation, contraction
(hypernym) shrinking, shrinkage
(hyponym) constriction, coarctation
(derivation) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
3. encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
(antonym) decompression
(hypernym) encoding, encryption
(hyponym) image compression
(derivation) compress, compact, pack together
4. applying pressure
(synonym) compressing
(antonym) decompression, decompressing
(hypernym) press, pressure, pressing
(hyponym) squeeze, squeezing
(derivation) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
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compression
nf.
compression (Computers); compressing, squeeze, cut
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compression
Rzecz.
sprężenie; kompresja; streszczenie
