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1. (n.) compression
the act of compressing.
2. compression
the state of being compressed.
3. compression
the effect or result of being compressed.
4. compression
(in internal-combustion engines) the reduction in volume and increase of pressure of the air or combustible mixture in the cylinder prior to ignition.
5. compression
reduction of the size of computer data by efficient storage.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L)
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| Definition of 'Compression' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) compaction, compression, concretion, densification
an increase in the density of something
2. (noun) compression, condensation, contraction
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
"the contraction of a gas on cooling"
3. (noun) compression
encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
4. (noun) compression, compressing
applying pressure
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| Definition of 'Compression' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Compression
the act of compressing, or state of being compressed
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Sense: to press together; to force into a narrower space
All his belongings were compressed into a very small suitcase.
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 Afrikaans: druk; verdigting |
 Arabic: ضَغْط، إنْضِغاط |
 Bulgarian: свиване |
 Brazilian: compressão |
 Czech: stlačení |
 German: das Zusammenpressen |
 Danish: sammenpresning |
 Greek: συμπίεση |
 Spanish: compresión |
 Estonian: kokkusurumine |
 Farsi: فشار؛ فشردگی |
 Finnish: puristus |
 French: compression |
 Hebrew: דְחִיסָה |
 Hindi: संपीड़न |
 Croatian: zbijanje, stlačivanje, st |
 Hungarian: összenyomás |
 Indonesian: pemadatan |
 Icelandic: samþjöppun |
 Italian: compressione |
 Japanese: 圧縮 |
 Korean: 압축 |
 Lithuanian: (su)spaudimas, (su)slėgim |
 Latvian: saspiešana; sablīvēšana; |
 Malay: kemampatan |
 Dutch: compressie |
 Norwegian: sammentrykking/- |
 Polish: ściśnięcie, sprężenie |
 Persian: فشار؛ فشردگی |
 Pashto: فشار |
 Portuguese: compressão |
 Romanian: comprimare |
 Russian: сжатие |
 Slovak: stlačenie |
 Slovenian: stiskanje |
 Serbian: kompresija |
 Swedish: sammanpressning, press, k |
 Thai: การบีบอัด |
 Turkish: sıkıştırma |
 Taiwanese: 壓縮 |
 Ukrainian: стискання; стиснення |
 Urdu: دباؤ |
 Vietnamese: sự nén |
 Chinese: 压缩 |
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