Usually means: Released pressure, expanded in volume.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompressed: Merriam-Webster
  2. decompressed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. decompressed: Vocabulary.com
  4. decompressed: Wordnik
  5. decompressed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. decompressed: Wiktionary
  7. decompressed: Dictionary.com
  8. decompressed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decompressed: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decompressed: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See decompress as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (decompress)

verb:  (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
verb:  (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
verb:  (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To relax.
▸ Also see decompress


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