compression
Meaning of compression
noun
the action of compressing or being compressed.
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compressio(n- ), from comprimere ‘press together’ (see compress).
Information about compression
- It is a name.
- The plural form of compression is: compressions.
- Languages in which compression is used:
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Hyphenation of compression
com-pres-sion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- compression is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
compression synonyms
Meaning compaction:
compaction, concretion, densification
Meaning condensation:
Meaning compressing:
Translation of compression
- German: Kompression, Komprimierung
- Spanish: compresión
- French: compression
- Italian: compressione
- Portuguese: compressão
Words that rhyme with compression
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