Usually means: Reduction of pressure; releasing tension.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompression: Merriam-Webster
  2. decompression: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decompression: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decompression: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decompression: Vocabulary.com
  6. Decompression, decompression: Wordnik
  7. decompression: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. decompression: Wiktionary
  9. decompression: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. decompression: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. decompression: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. decompression: Dictionary.com
  13. Decompression (altitude), Decompression (comics), Decompression (disambiguation), Decompression (diving), Decompression (physics), Decompression (surgery), Decompression: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. decompression: Rhymezone
  15. decompression: FreeDictionary.org
  16. decompression: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. decompression: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompression: CCI Computer
  2. decompression: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompression: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Decompression: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. decompression: Medical dictionary
  7. Decompression: Drug Medical Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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noun:  The process of decompressing.
noun:  The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
noun:  A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
noun:  (medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.

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