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The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
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- n. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
- n. an increase in the density of something
- n. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- n. encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- n. applying pressure
- The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.
- The act of compressing, or state of being compressed."Compression of thought." Johnson.
- n:100 n. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together n. encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required n. applying pressure