🔄 Synonyms of "Compression"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contractionnoun | (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark. |
| condensationnoun | The act or process of condensing or of being condensed |
| concretionnoun | A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence. |
| compressingnoun | applying pressure |
| densificationnoun | The act or process of making or becoming dense. |
| compactionnoun | The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Compression"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| decompressionnoun | The process of decompressing. |
| decompressingnoun | relieving pressure |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Compression"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| compactionnoun | The 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. |
| densificationnoun | The act or process of making or becoming dense. |
| condensationnoun | The act or process of condensing or of being condensed |
| concretionnoun | A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence. |
| compressingnoun | applying pressure |
| compressedverb | Pressed 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. |
| compressivenoun | That compresses |
| compressibilitynoun | The degree to which something is compressible. |
| pressurenoun | A pressing; a force applied to a surface. |
| containmentnoun | (uncountable, countable) The state of containing. |
| squeezenoun | An instance of squeezing. |
| restraintnoun | (uncountable) control or caution; reserve |
| coilnoun | Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. |
| reductionnoun | The act, process, or result of reducing. |
| downsizingnoun | An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized. |
| subsidencenoun | The process of becoming less active or severe. |
| retrenchmentnoun | A curtailment or reduction. |
| decreasenoun | An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased. |
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