Compression

Noun

 * 1) to 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

Derived terms

 * compression ratio
 * compression wave
 * data compression

Antonyms

 * decompression
 * rarefaction

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: свиване, сгъстяване
 * Dutch:, comprimering


 * Italian:
 * Polish:


 * Bulgarian: компресия
 * Dutch:


 * Italian:
 * Polish: sprężenie, kompresja


 * Bulgarian: компримиране
 * Dutch: comprimering


 * Italian:
 * Polish:


 * Dutch:


 * Dutch: comprimering