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Compression

Compression Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Compression? [n] applying pressure [n] encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required [n] the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" [n] an increase in the density of something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Compression: compaction \| compressing \| concretion \| condensation \| contraction \| densification Related Terms \| Find terms related to Compression: abbreviation \| abridgment \| abstract \| agglutination \| apocope \| astriction \| astringency \| bottleneck \| cervix \| circumscription \| clamping \| clamping down \| clumping \| clustering \| coarctation \| compactedness \| compaction \| compressure \| concentration \| concretion \| condensation \| consolidation \| conspectus \| constriction \| constringency \| contraction \| contracture \| crush \| curtailment \| decrease \| densification \| diminuendo \| elision \| ellipsis \| epitome \| foreshortening \| hardening \| hourglass \| hourglass figure \| isthmus \| knitting \| narrow place \| narrowing \| neck \| nip \| pinch \| precis \| press \| pressure \| puckering \| pursing \| recap \| recapitulation \| reduction \| retrenchment \| shortening \| solidification \| squeeze \| squeezing \| stranglement \| strangulation \| striction \| stricture \| summary \| summation \| syncope \| synopsis \| systole \| telescoping \| tightening \| truncation \| tweak \| wasp waist \| wrinkling See Also \| coarctation \| compaction \| concentration \| condensation \| condensing \| constriction \| crunch \| crush \| encoding \| encryption \| image compression \| press \| pressing \| pressure \| shrinkage \| shrinking \| squeeze \| squeezing Compression In Webster's Dictionary \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F. compression.] The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. ``Compression of thought.'' --Johnson.

Compression Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Compression?

[n] applying pressure
[n] encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
[n] the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
[n] an increase in the density of something

Compression In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F.
compression.]
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
``Compression of thought.'' --Johnson.

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