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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPRESSIONAL

compressional  [kəmˈprɛʃənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPRESSIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Compressional is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COMPRESSIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of compressional in the English dictionary

The definition of compressional in the dictionary is relating to compression.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPRESSIONAL


additional
əˈdɪʃənəl
concessional
kənˈsɛʃənəl
confessional
kənˈfɛʃənəl
congressional
kənˈɡrɛʃənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
impressional
ɪmˈprɛʃənəl
intercessional
ˌɪntəˈsɛʃənəl
nonprofessional
ˌnɒnprəˈfɛʃənəl
paraprofessional
ˌpærəprəˈfɛʃənəl
possessional
pəˈzɛʃənəl
precessional
prɪˈsɛʃənəl
preprofessional
ˌpriːprəˈfɛʃənəl
processional
prəˈsɛʃənəl
professional
prəˈfɛʃənəl
recessional
rɪˈsɛʃənəl
retrogressional
ˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛʃənəl
secessional
sɪˈsɛʃənəl
semiprofessional
ˌsɛmɪprəˈfɛʃənəl
sessional
ˈsɛʃənəl
unprofessional
ˌʌnprəˈfɛʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPRESSIONAL

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPRESSIONAL

conventional
dimensional
emotional
exceptional
functional
inspirational
institutional
international
national
occasional
occupational
operational
optional
organizational
personal
promotional
regional
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of compressional in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «compressional» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPRESSIONAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compresional
570 millions of speakers

English

compressional
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

compressional
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانضغاطية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сжатия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compressional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

compressional
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compression
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mampatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kompressions
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

圧縮の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

, 압축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kompresional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ép
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமுக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंप्रेशनल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıkışma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di compressione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kompresyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стиснення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compresional
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμπιεστικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saamdrukbaarheidseienskapppe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kompressions
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kompresjons
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compressional

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPRESSIONAL»

The term «compressional» is regularly used and occupies the 63.165 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPRESSIONAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «compressional» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «compressional» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPRESSIONAL»

Discover the use of compressional in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compressional and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
In Situ Determinations of the Velocities of Compressional ...
In situ measurements were made of the velocity and attenuation of compressional waves and of velocities of Stoneley waves (from which shear-wave velocities were computed) at six stations in the sea floor off San Diego, California.
Edwin Lee Hamilton, 1969
2
Acquiring Better Seismic Data
also well cemented) will not result in a strong bright spot on a compressional- wave record. But the ratio of the amplitudes of the same event on the compressional and shear-wave sections can be used both to detect half-bright anomalies and ...
W.C. Pritchett, 1990
3
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
NOTE. ON. THE. COMPRESSIONAL. ANGLE. BETWEEN. INTERSECTING. TRANSCURRENT. CLOCKWISE. AND. ANTI-CLOCKWISE. FAULTS. By G. J. LENSEN, New Zealand Geological Survey, Department of Scientific and Industrial ...
4
New Insights Into Structural Interpretation and Modelling
The main stress regime is a function of the orientation of the principal stress axes and the shape of the stress ellipsoid: extensional when a\ is vertical, strike-slip when &2 is vertical and compressional when a3 is vertical. For each of these three ...
D. A. Nieuwland, 2003
5
Poromechanics III - Biot Centennial (1905-2005): Proceedings ...
ABSTRACT: We applied Blot's poroelastic theory to study the propagation of compressional wave of the first kind in an isotropic porous matrix with inclusions taking into account the generation of compressional waves of the second kind on  ...
Younane N. Abousleiman, Alexander H.-D. Cheung, Franz-Josef Ulm, 2005
6
The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins
Post-rift compressional reactivation potential of passive margins and extensional basins SlERD CLOETlNGH1, FRED BEEKMAN1, PETER A. ZlEGLER2. JAN- DlEDERlK VAN WEES' 3 & DlMlTRlOS SOKOUTIS1 1 Netherlands Research ...
Howard Johnson, 2008
7
Andean Magmatism and Its Tectonic Setting
The latest Pliocene—early Pleistocene compressional tectonic movements, F6 ( ca. 2 Ma) are well documented in most of the central Andes (Ahlfeld and Branisa, 1960; Martinez, 1980; Lavenu and Ballivian, 1980; Sébrier and Macharé, 1980; ...
Russell S. Harmon, Carlos W. Rapela, 1991
8
Seismic Data Analysis: Processing, Inversion, and ...
By the time the incident wavefront at C reaches the reflecting interface at B, the spherical wavefront associated with the reflected compressional wave reaches D, so that AD = CB and the tangential line DB becomes the wavefront for the re- ...
9
Handbook on Nondestructive Testing of Concrete
Three types of propagating mechanical waves (also called stress waves) are created when the surface of a large solid elastic medium is disturbed by a dynamic or vibratory load: (1) compressional waves (also called longitudinal or P -waves), ...
V. M. Malhotra, Nicholas J. Carino, 2004
10
Bureau of Standards Journal of Research
The order of increasing compressional resilience is different from that of compressibility. For the specimens measured, it ranges from 28 to 86 percent. As was to be expected, the rubber specimens have the highest compressional resilience.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPRESSIONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term compressional is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tractor fatally pins Allentown man as he works in shed, coroner says
Samuel Sam, of the 1200 block of East Highland Street, was pronounced dead from compressional asphyxiation at 10 p.m. at his home, the ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»
2
Advanced design and certification technology platform for functional …
... stress, compressional stretch and pressure comfort, injury prevention, performance enhancement and maintenance of physiological health. «Business Weekly, Jul 15»
3
'It sounded like dynamite': 16 earthquakes in Greene County since …
We're in the middle of a plate, but it's still under compressional stress – the plate is being squeezed. So there is still stress there, and there are ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
4
Multipole Sonic Service Helps Lower Well Construction Risks
Combining high-quality monopole and quadrupole measurements, the service delivers real-time compressional and shear slowness in any ... «E&P, Jul 15»
5
New Sensors Improve Data Gathering In Extreme Drilling …
Sonic sensors can use multipole sources to measure compressional and shear velocity data to calculate mechanical rock properties and to ... «E&P, Jul 15»
6
Earthquakes to blame for Mount Sinabung eruptions?
While compressional stresses are released after a subduction earthquake, this can lead to strike and slip motions and other types of tectonic ... «EarthSky, Jun 15»
7
Patriots QB Tom Brady and Roger Goodell set to decide fate of the …
... day produced subsidence throughout the lower portion of the troposphere, drying out the air mass by compressional heating. Any questions? «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
8
New Market Research Report Industrial Insulators Market - Global …
Insulators are also used to resist mechanical stress which may be either compressional or tensional in nature; insulators also resist electrical ... «MENAFN.COM, Jun 15»
9
Two charged in connection with child's death headed to trial
Findings consistent with compressional asphyxia of the neck and/or chest were also noted in the report. Darius Arabadjief, the pathologist who ... «Bowling Green Daily News, Jun 15»
10
Industrial Insulators Market by Application, Type, Voltage, End-User …
Insulators are also used to resist mechanical stress which may be either compressional or tensional in nature; insulators also resist electrical ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»

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