compression

Meanings

Plural: compressions

Noun

• an increase in the density of something
• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
• encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
• applying pressure
• An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
• The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
• The process by which data is compressed.
• The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
• The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.

Synonyms

compaction, compressing, concretion, condensation, contraction, densification

Antonyms

decompression, rarefaction