English Explanatory Dictionary

compression

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
  2. The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
  3. The process by which data is compressed.
  4. The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
  5. The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.

Pronunciation

/kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compression.wav /kəmˈpɹeʃ.ən/

Word forms

compression compressions

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compression, from Latin compressiō.

Antonyms

decompression rarefaction

Derived words

age compression aortocaval compression syndrome companding compansion compressional compression fracture compressionless compression pump compression ratio compression release compression set compression shorts compression sock compression wave compression wood cryocompression data compression effective compression electrocompression globe of compression microcompression New York compression noncompression overcompression parallel compression precompression recompression selective compression supercompression thermocompression time compression time-space compression uncompression vasocompression wavelet compression
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