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Compression

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contractionnoun(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
condensationnounThe act or process of condensing or of being condensed
concretionnounA solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
compressingnounapplying pressure
densificationnounThe act or process of making or becoming dense.
compactionnounThe process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.

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decompressionnounThe process of decompressing.
decompressingnounrelieving pressure

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compactionnounThe process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
contractionnoun(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
densificationnounThe act or process of making or becoming dense.
condensationnounThe act or process of condensing or of being condensed
concretionnounA solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
compressingnounapplying pressure
compressedverbPressed tightly together.
compressnoun(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
compressivenounThat compresses
compressibilitynounThe degree to which something is compressible.
pressurenounA pressing; a force applied to a surface.
containmentnoun(uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
squeezenounAn instance of squeezing.
restraintnoun(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
coilnounSomething wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
reductionnounThe act, process, or result of reducing.
downsizingnounAn act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.
subsidencenounThe process of becoming less active or severe.
retrenchmentnounA curtailment or reduction.
decreasenounAn amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.

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