Preposition: of

• nerve: The main aim of surgery is to relieve compression of trapped nerves.

• cord: His injuries were probably caused by compression of the umbilical cord.

Adjective modifier

• lossy: Dolby Digital is a multi-channel digital audio using lossy compression.

• lossless: However, BTPC lossless compression of color graphics is significantly more costly than GIF coding with a color palette.

• uniaxial: Consider a metal in uniaxial compression where plastic strain only takes place in the 1-2 plane.

• mpeg-2: MPEG-2 Profiles A number of levels and profiles have been defined for MPEG-2 video compression.

• spinal: It can usefully be applied to cases of suspected spinal cord compression which often results from spinal tumors or from slipped disks.

• axial: Mandal, P. , Calladine, C.R. Buckling of thin cylindrical shells under axial compression.

Modifies a noun

• stocking: Avoid taking showers while you are still instructed to wear your compression stocking ( first 72 hours ).

• hosiery: Care should also be taken when removing compression hosiery and adhesive dressings, so as not to damage the skin.

• bandage: A compression bandage may be helpful well beyond the period of acute swelling.

• ratio: The use of alloy brings thoughts of benefits from being able to run higher compression ratios.

• ignition: But you try putting diesel fuel in a spark ignition engine - or gasoline in a compression ignition engine - and see what happens!

• algorithm: We first evaluate a number of compression algorithms for use in the driver.

Noun used with modifier

• wavelet: Converting between TIFF and JPEG Digitizing microfiche and microfilm The PNG file format What is wavelet compression?

• gamut: The color specifications passed to the gamut compression procedure have already been adjusted to the Screen White Point.

• cord: It can usefully be applied to cases of suspected spinal cord compression which often results from spinal tumors or from slipped disks.

• jpeg: JPEG compression to suit the computers I had access to in 1997 doesn't help either.

• four-layer: The Contreet Foam dressing was replaced together with the modified four-layer compression therapy.

• gzip: It is compressed using UNIX TAR archiving and Gzip compression.