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The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder.
Lawrence Hargrave

Meaning of "compression" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPRESSION

compression  [kəmˈprɛʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPRESSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Compression is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPRESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of compression in the English dictionary

The definition of compression in the dictionary is Also called: compressure,. the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed. Other definition of compression is an increase in pressure of the charge in an engine or compressor obtained by reducing its volume.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPRESSION


aggression
əˈɡrɛʃən
antidepression
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛʃən
carburetion
ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛʃən
depression
dɪˈprɛʃən
digression
daɪˈɡrɛʃən
discretion
dɪˈskrɛʃən
expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃən
freshen
ˈfrɛʃən
immunosuppression
ˌɪmjʊnəʊsəˈprɛʃən
impression
ɪmˈprɛʃən
introgression
ˌɪntrəˈɡrɛʃən
misimpression
ˌmɪsɪmˈprɛʃən
oppression
əˈprɛʃən
postdepression
ˌpəʊstdɪˈprɛʃən
progression
prəˈɡrɛʃən
regression
rɪˈɡrɛʃən
reimpression
ˌriːɪmˈprɛʃən
retrogression
ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛʃən
suppression
səˈprɛʃən
transgression
trænzˈɡrɛʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPRESSION

comprehensive
comprehensive school
comprehensively
comprehensiveness
comprehensivise
comprehensivize
compress
compressed
compressed air
compressedly
compressibility
compressible
compressibleness
compression ratio
compression-ignition engine
compressional
compressive
compressor
compressor program
compressure

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPRESSION

accession
admission
commission
compassion
confession
conversion
discussion
emission
mission
obsession
passion
percussion
permission
possession
pression
profession
recession
session
submission
succession
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of compression in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMPRESSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «compression» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of compression

Translation of «compression» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPRESSION

Find out the translation of compression to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of compression from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «compression» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

压缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compresión
570 millions of speakers

English

compression
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संपीड़न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضغط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сжатия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compressão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্কোচন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compression
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mampatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kompression
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

圧縮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

압축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kompresi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nén
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுருக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संक्षेप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıkıştırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compressione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ściskanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стиснення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compresie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμπίεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kompressie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kompression
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komprimering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compression

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPRESSION»

The term «compression» is very widely used and occupies the 9.318 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPRESSION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about compression

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7 QUOTES WITH «COMPRESSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word compression.
1
Sam Bradford
I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
2
Steve Buyer
As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice, video, and data, and that is what we have today on these cell phones.
3
Jessica Ennis
After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.
4
Alex Gibney
Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that moviegoers are willing to stay in their seats. Naturally, compression is necessary. So are the exclusion and amalgamation of characters so that the viewer does not become bewildered.
5
Lawrence Hargrave
The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder.
6
Eric Schmidt
If you look at the history of technology over a couple hundred years, it's all about time compression and making the globe smaller. It's had positive effects, all the ones that we know. So we're much less likely to have the kind of terrible misunderstandings that led to World War I, for example.
7
Skrillex
I really like iZotope Trash, which is a great plug-in for distortion, as is Ohmicide, which I love. It's an absolutely crazy multiband distortion, compression, EQ and filter, which pretty much lets you do anything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPRESSION»

Discover the use of compression in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compression and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to Data Compression
Each edition of Introduction to Data Compression has widely been considered the best introduction and reference text on the art and science of data compression, and the fourth edition continues in this tradition.
Khalid Sayood, 2012
2
Vector Quantization and Signal Compression
This book is devoted to the theory and practice of signal compression; i.e. data compression applied to signals such as speech, audio, images and video signals.
Allen Gersho, Robert M. Gray, 1992
3
H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression: Video Coding for ...
Focussing on compression tools and profiles for practical multimedia applications, this book ‘decodes’ the standards, enabling developers, researchers, engineers and students to rapidly get to grips with both H.264 and MPEG-4 Visual.
Iain E. Richardson, 2004
4
Data Compression: The Complete Reference
This book provides a comprehensive reference for the many different types and methods of compression.
David Salomon, G. Motta, D. Bryant, 2007
5
Digital Compression for Multimedia: Principles and Standards
"Digital Compression for Multimedia" captures in a single reference the current standards for speech, audio, video, image, fax and file compression.
Jerry D. Gibson, 1998
6
Digital Image Compression Techniques
The algorithms discussed in this book are concerned mainly with the compression of still-frame, continuous-tone, monochrome and color images, but some of the techniques, such as arithmetic coding, have found widespread use in the ...
Majid Rabbani, Paul W. Jones, 1991
7
Lossless Compression Handbook
The 21 chapters in this handbook are written by the leading experts in the world on the theory, techniques, applications, and standards surrounding lossless compression.
Khalid Sayood, 2002
8
Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering: ...
Coverage of both image and video compression in this book yields a unique, self-contained reference, appropriate for all related professions.
Yun Q. Shi, Huifang Sun, 1999
9
Still Image and Video Compression with MATLAB
This book describes the principles of image and video compression techniques and introduces current and popular compression standards, such as the MPEG series.
K. S. Thyagarajan, 2011
10
Text compression
It is necessary that the coded form can be decompressed to reconstitute the original text ( otherwise, compression is trivial!), and it is usually important that the original is recreated exactly, not approximately.
Timothy C. Bell, John G. Cleary, Ian H. Witten, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPRESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term compression is used in the context of the following news items.
1
University of Illinois, Stanford Awarded $1.3M to Develop Data …
Specifically, the partners plan to develop a suite of data compression software that will be able to handle several types of genomic data ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
2
Can USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) Surprise Analysts?
USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) is next slated to report earnings for the current quarter on 2015-08-11. Brokerages covering the ... «Investor Newswire, Jul 15»
3
Oil Sealing Systems feature hybrid oil wiper element.
Burckhardt Compression as a leading reciprocating compressor OEM (original equipment manufacturer) with decades of experience in ... «ThomasNet News, Jul 15»
4
Novel Data Compression Strategies cut Big Data Down to Usable Size
The main goal of Milenkovic and Weissman's project will be the development of a suite of data compression software that will handle several ... «Scientific Computing, Jul 15»
5
BRIEF-Burckhardt Compression: member of executive board, Martin …
BRIEF-Burckhardt Compression: member of executive board, Martin Heller, is retiring. July 7. July 7 Burckhardt Compression Holding AG :. «Reuters, Jul 15»
6
Instagram is finally displaying photos in HD, also fixed horrible …
To make matters worse, uploads on Android devices suffered from god-awful compression not present in iOS counterpart, something we ... «Phandroid.com, Jul 15»
7
Stock to Follow: USA Compression Partners, LP Co (NYSE:USAC)
[Business Wire] USA Compression Partners, LP Co (NYSE:USAC)(TREND ANALYSIS) announced that it has become a proud sponsor of the ... «Street Report, Jul 15»
8
Gullfaks subsea compression gets wet - photos and video
“Subsea wet gas compression is a game-changer for subsea processing, and an important technology to increase recovery also on other fields. «OE Digital, Jul 15»
9
Lisa Anthony died from 'compression of the neck' post mortem finds
A mother who was found dead in her home along with her daughter died as a result of "compression of the neck", a post mortem has found. «Surrey Mirror, Jul 15»
10
Piedmont Rescue Squad adding chest compression devices to …
This week, members of the Calhoun County squad announced they've acquired seven of the Lucas-Two Chest Compression Devices. «WSFA, Jul 15»

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