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Definition of compression
1a : the act, process, or result of compressingb : the state of being compressed
2 : the process of compressing the fuel mixture in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine (as in an automobile)
3 : the compressed remains of a fossil plant
4 : conversion (as of data, a data file, or a communications signal) in order to reduce the space occupied or bandwidth required
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Examples of compression in a Sentence
the compression of a long, complicated story into a two-hour movie is never easy
Recent Examples of compression from the Web
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In other words, fold away those black compression leggings and save them for fall.
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A second phase includes constructing offshore compression facilities.
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Tuesday morning’s water leak was caused by a loose compression fitting coupled to an air conditioning unit, Jefferson said.
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HEVC roughly doubles the compression ratio of h.264, enabling it to deliver similar video quality at roughly half the file size (or higher quality and resolution at the same file size).
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Video posted on social media showed people screaming as bystanders performed chest compressions on one of the injured, and another man held a bloody cloth to his head.
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Video taken in the immediate aftermath of the incident and posted on social media showed people screaming as bystanders performed chest compressions on one of the injured.
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Video posted on social media showed people screaming as bystanders performed chest compressions on one of the injured.
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Video posted on social media showed people screaming as bystanders performed chest compressions on one of the injured, and another man held a bloody cloth to his head.
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First Known Use of compression
15th century
COMPRESSION Defined for Kids
compression
playDefinition of compression for Students
: the act, process, or result of pressing something together
Medical Dictionary
compression
playMedical Definition of compression
: the act, process, or result of compressing especially when involving a compressing force on a bodily part compression of an artery by forceps compression of the brain by the bones of a depressed fracture
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