supercompression

noun

su·​per·​compression

"+

: the compression of a portion of a compressed fuel-air mixture during the last stages of the compression stroke in a mixed-cycle internal-combustion engine to a much higher temperature than the remainder

Word History

Etymology

super- + compression

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Rhymes for supercompression

• overexpression
• accession
• aggression
• compression
• concession
• confession
• depression
• digression
• discretion
• expression
• impression
• obsession