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Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

1. the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction
2. the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed

#computing the process by which data is compressed
#music the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled

Antonyms
decompression
rarefaction

Translations

French: compression, réduction, concision
Italian: compressione
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Spanish: compresión

Derived terms
compression ratio
compression wave
data compression

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