Usually means: Reduction of volume using pressure.
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We found 65 dictionaries that define the word compression:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. compression: Merriam-Webster
  2. compression: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compression: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compression: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compression: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compression, compression: Wordnik
  7. compression: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compression: Wiktionary
  9. compression: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compression: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. compression: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. compression: Dictionary.com
  13. compression: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Compression (album), Compression (geology), Compression (music), Compression (physical), Compression (physics), Compression: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Compression: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. compression: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. compression: Rhymezone
  18. Compression: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. compression: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. compression: FreeDictionary.org
  21. compression: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. compression: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compression: Multimedia Glossary

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Compression (disambiguation), compression: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. compression: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. compression: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. compression: Netlingo
  4. Compression, compression: CCI Computer
  5. Compression: Game Dictionary
  6. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  7. compression: Hacking Lexicon
  8. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Compression (disambiguation), compression: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. compression: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  5. compression: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. Compression (disambiguation), compression: Medical dictionary
  7. Compression: Drug Medical Dictionary
  8. Compression: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Compression: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  4. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  5. compression: Natural History Terms
  6. Visionary, for the Study of Vision (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compression: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. compression: Golfer's Dictionary
  3. Compression: Sports Definitions

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. compression: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  4. National Glass Association Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Bridge Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  8. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  9. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  10. COMPRESSION: Power Engineering

(Note: See compressional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
noun:  (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
noun:  (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
noun:  (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
noun:  (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.

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