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nounapplying pressure
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nounthe process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
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nounan increase in the density of something
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nounencoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits requiredOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains compression
- solid the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- elastic capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
- strut brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
- strangulation the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
- mpeg a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards
- coarctation tight or narrow compression
- constriction tight or narrow compression
- overthrust fault a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
- cardiac tamponade mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion
- thoracic outlet syndrome tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm