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Word: compression (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • computing the process by which data is compressed
  • music the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled
  • the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
  • to increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction

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