Carnot machines work according to cycles of compression and expansion.
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Compression
//kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən//
Synonyms for "compression" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
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Related words (40)
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4 entriesSynonyms
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4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
65 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- компреси́ране noun ((music) the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled)
- компресиране noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
- компресия noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- свиване noun (the act of compressing)
Catalan
2 entries- compressió noun (the act of compressing)
- compressió noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
Czech
2 entries- komprese noun (the act of compressing)
- stlačení noun (the act of compressing)
Danish
4 entries- kompression noun (the act of compressing)
- kompression noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- komprimering noun (the act of compressing)
- sammenpresning noun (the act of compressing)
Dutch
4 entries- compressie noun (the act of compressing)
- compressie noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- compressie noun ((music) the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled)
- comprimering noun (the act of compressing)
Finnish
2 entries- puristaminen noun (the act of compressing)
- puristus noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
French
3 entries- compression noun (the act of compressing)
- compression noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- compression noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Georgian
3 entries- კუმშვა noun (the act of compressing)
- შეკუმშვა noun (the act of compressing)
- შეკუმშვა noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
German
4 entries- Kompression noun (the act of compressing)
- Kompression noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- Komprimierung noun (the act of compressing)
- Komprimierung noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Greek
2 entries- συμπίεση noun (the act of compressing)
- συμπίεση noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Icelandic
1 entries- þjöppun noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Indonesian
1 entries- kompresi noun (the act of compressing)
Italian
3 entries- compressione noun (the act of compressing)
- compressione noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- compressione noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Māori
1 entries- kо̄peketanga noun (the act of compressing)
Polish
4 entries- kompresja noun (the act of compressing)
- kompresja noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- kompresja noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
- sprężenie noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
Portuguese
4 entries- compactação noun (the act of compressing)
- compactação noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
- compressão noun (the act of compressing)
- compressão noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
Russian
3 entries- сжа́тие noun (the act of compressing)
- сжа́тие noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- сжа́тие noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Swedish
3 entries- kompression noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
- komprimering noun (the act of compressing)
- komprimering noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Tagalog
4 entries- pag-compress noun (the act of compressing)
- pagpipiga noun (the act of compressing)
- tipil noun (the act of compressing)
- tipil noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
Turkish
4 entries- deriştirme noun (the act of compressing)
- kompresyon noun (the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed)
- sıkıştırma noun (the act of compressing)
- sıkıştırma noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
Ukrainian
3 entries- сти́снення noun (the act of compressing)
- сти́снення noun ((computing) the process by which data is compressed)
- стиск noun (the act of compressing)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Data compression algorithms can be classified in two categories: those with data loss and those without data loss.
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Temperature is mean kinetic energy, not energy over volume; compression heats a gas by doing work on it; and a gas that expands without doing work does not cool.
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Fossilization is the result of the compression of organisms by the earth during a lot of time.
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