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com·pres·sion (kəm pres̸h′ən)
noun
- a compressing or being compressed
- Mech. the compressing of the air-fuel mixture in an internal-combustion engine just before ignition
Etymology: ME < OFr < L compressio
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Preposition: of
- nerve: The main aim of surgery is to relieve compression of trapped nerves.
Adjective modifier
- lossy: Dolby Digital is a multi-channel digital audio using lossy compression.
Modifies a noun
- stocking: Avoid taking showers while you are still instructed to wear your compression stocking ( first 72 hours ).
Noun used with modifier
- wavelet: Converting between TIFF and JPEG Digitizing microfiche and microfilm The PNG file format What is wavelet compression?
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If 'compression is the first grace of style,' you have it.
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