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The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

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  1. n. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
  2. n. an increase in the density of something
  3. n. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
  4. n. encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
  5. n. applying pressure
  6. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.
  7. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed."Compression of thought." Johnson.
  8. 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