Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compression"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compression \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F.
compression.]
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
``Compression of thought.'' --Johnson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compression
n 1: an increase in the density of something [syn: {compaction},
{concretion}, {densification}]
2: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed
together: "the contraction of a gas on cooling" [syn: {condensation},
{contraction}]
3: encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits
required [ant: {decompression}]
4: applying pressure [syn: {compressing}] [ant: {decompression}]
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