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compression

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[ UK /kəmpɹˈɛʃən/ ]
[ US /kəmˈpɹɛʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an increase in the density of something
  2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
    the contraction of a gas on cooling
  3. applying pressure
  4. encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

How To Use compression In A Sentence

  • Many of these symptoms are a consequence of heavy repetitive work and neck compression caused by carrying heavy loads of water pails or wood on their head and shoulders for miles.
  • He may have misspoke, or thinking in Fahrenheit terms multiplied by the compression to get the geothermal energy available with current technology. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • Hypothermia may render the carotid pulse impalpable, but it is important not to start chest compression without evidence of cardiac arrest.
  • That said, the compression and reticence of Italian high modernist poetry are still prominent stylistic features in Italian verse.
  • Data from human studies indicate that decompression at 1,000 feet/minute results in excitement and euphoria, followed by sensory dullness, weakness, and unconsciousness.
  • High PO2 levels help produce an efficient decompression profile providing they are balanced against oxygen toxicity.
  • After taking lead out of the gasoline the compression ratios had to be dropped to 8 and 9 to 1 in order to avoid preignition igniting of the fuel which the lead was in there to prevent. The Volokh Conspiracy » More Good Summer TV:
  • Compression of the radiocapitellar articulation sometimes results in damage to the radial head, the capitellum, or both.
  • From this silence there arises a certain mysterious plenitude which filters into thought and there congeals into bronze. The compression of history produces conciseness in the historian.
  • Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), today announced the U.S. launch of the X-STOP PEEK IPD System, the first interspinous process decompression (IPD) device approved by the U.S. Health News from Medical News Today
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