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# Compression

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English Wiktionary has dictionary definitions (word meanings) for:
compressor and compression

Compression itself may refer to:

- Gas compression, raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases
- Physical compression, the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress
  - Compression arch suspended-deck bridge, a compression arch rises above the deck
- Compressibility, a measure of volume change resulting from pressure
- Compression (geology), a system of forces that tend to decrease the volume of or shorten rocks.
- Compression ratio, a number that predicts the performance of any internal-combustion engine
- Data compression, encoding information using fewer bits
  - Image compression
  - Audio data compression
  - Video compression
    - Compression artifact, noticeable defects in audio or video that has been compressed
  - Bandwidth compression, in telecommunications
- Gain compression in electronic amplifiers, which is a result of device non-linearity
- Audio level compression, usually artificially introduced Gain compression to improve the perceived quality of audio
- Compression (functional analysis), in mathematics
  - Compression bandage, designed to reduce the flow of blood

## [edit] See also

- Gas compressor
- Compressor
- Compressor (software), Final Cut video and audio compression and encoding application
- compress, a UNIX program
- KOMPRESSOR, an electronic musician.
- Compaction
- Decompression
- Expansion

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