compression (noun)
61coarctation — noun 1. tight or narrow compression • Syn: ↑constriction • Derivationally related forms: ↑constrict (for: ↑constriction) • Hypernyms: ↑compression, ↑ …
62compaction — noun 1. an increase in the density of something • Syn: ↑compression, ↑concretion, ↑densification • Derivationally related forms: ↑concrete (for: ↑concretion), ↑compact …
63MPEG — noun a set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards • Usage Domain: ↑acronym • Hypernyms: ↑compression …
64nerve entrapment — noun repeated and long term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling) • Hypernyms: ↑nerve compression • Hyponyms: ↑carpal tunnel syndrome …
65diesel cycle — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized D : an ideal engine cycle during which the working substance successively undergoes adiabatic compression, constant pressure heating, adiabatic expansion, and constant volume cooling compare diesel engine, otto… …
66semidiesel engine — “+ noun : an internal combustion engine usually of the two stroke cycle type and below 50 horsepower that resembles a diesel engine: a. : an internal combustion engine of a type resembling the diesel engine in using heavy oil as fuel but… …
67fan-jet — noun 1. an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine • Syn: ↑fanjet, ↑turbofan, ↑turbojet • Hypernyms: ↑jet, ↑jet plane, ↑jet propelled plane • Part Meronyms: ↑ …
68heat pump — noun apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings; can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building • Hypernyms: ↑apparatus, ↑setup * * * noun : a device for… …
69octane rating — noun a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline • Syn: ↑octane number • Hypernyms: ↑measure, ↑quantity, ↑amount * * * noun see octane number * * * octane number or …
70overthrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑thrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun also overthrust …
