[
UK
/kəmpɹˈɛʃən/
]
[ US /kəmˈpɹɛʃən/ ]
[ US /kəmˈpɹɛʃən/ ]
NOUN
- an increase in the density of something
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the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
the contraction of a gas on cooling - applying pressure
- 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