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decompression
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decompression
n.
lessening of pressure
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Decompression
Decompression has several meanings:
- Data decompression, the action of reversing data compression
- Decompression (altitude). the reduction of pressure and the related physiological effects due to increase in altitude or other equivalent reduction of ambient pressure below normal atmospheric pressure
- Decompression (comics), in comic book storytelling, is the stylistic choice to tell a story mainly by visuals, with few words
- Decompression (diving), the reduction in pressure and the process of allowing dissolved inert gases to be eliminated from the tissues during ascent from a dive. Also relating to decompression (diving):
- Decompression algorithm, one of several algorithms used to compute decompression tables, or the decompression status of a diver in real-time using a dive computer, and for dive planning. These include:
- Decompression buoy, a buoy that marks a diver's position when doing decompression stops
- Decompression chamber, a pressurizable chamber used to prevent and/or treat decompression sickness
- Decompression computer, also called a Dive computer or decompression meter, a device used by a scuba diver to measure the time and depth of a dive and compute a safe ascent profile.
- Decompression practice, Techniques and procedures for decompression used by underwater divers
- Decompression tables, Printed tabulated decompression schedules used to plan diving decompression
- Decompression trapeze, a horizontal bar or bars suspended at the depth of intended decompression stops by buoys
- Decompression sickness decompression sickness as a hazard in Scuba diving
- Ratio decompression, A method for estimating a decompression schedule for a given set of breathing gases, based on time at depth.
- Decompression party, a party that occurs after an event or a party to unwind after a stressful period
- Decompression (physics), the release of pressure and the opposition of physical compression
- Decompression sickness, a condition arising from the formation and growth of bubbles of gas within the tissues of the body during and after depressurization
- Decompression theory, The study and modelling of physiological effects of decompression, including the development and testing of decompression algorithms
- Decompression (surgery), a procedure used to reduce pressure on a compressed structure, such as spinal decompression
- "Decompression" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the American television fiction series The Outer Limits
- Herniated disc decompression, a form of treatment for Spinal disc herniation, employed by chiropractors
- History of decompression research and development, History of R&D related to diving and altitude decompression
- Uncontrolled decompression, catastrophic reduction of pressure in accidents involving pressure vessels such as aircraft
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decompression
Noun
1. restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
(antonym) compression
(hypernym) decoding, decryption, decipherment
(derivation) decompress, uncompress
2. relieving pressure
(synonym) decompressing
(antonym) compression, compressing
(hypernym) press, pressure, pressing
(derivation) depressurize, depressurise, decompress
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décompression
nf.
decompression
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decompression
n.
dekomprese
