Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of compressing.
- noun The state of being compressed.
- noun The process by which the working substance in a heat engine, such as the vapor mixture in the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, is compressed.
- noun The engine cycle during which this process occurs.
- noun Computers The process by which data is compressed into a form that minimizes the space required to store or transmit it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; a condition of being pressed into increased density or closeness: used in both literal and figurative senses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
- noun (Computers) reduction of the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The act of compressing {3}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun to increase in density; the act of
compressing , or the state of beingcompressed ;compaction - noun the
cycle of aninternal combustion engine during which thefuel andair mixture is compressed - noun computing the process by which
data is compressed - noun music the
electronic process by which anysound 's gain is automatically controlled
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- noun the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- noun applying pressure
- noun an increase in the density of something
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Examples
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It is what we call a compression astomosis ring, or CAR.
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If Huffman compression is used then the related tables should be made available to receiver manufacturers without the need for a licence for Huffman look-up tables from the BBC.
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Heavy use of compression is not a new development.
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While the second form of compression is as old as vinyl (the revenge of Phil Specter?) these two types of compression are related as apparently louder music gives more room to hide digital compression artifacts, so producers are compressing music and increasing loudness.
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For me, one artifact of extreme dynamic range compression is that it makes kick drum strikes painful to listen to.
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"If Huffman compression is used then the related tables should be made available to receiver manufacturers without the need for a licence for Huffman look-up tables from the BBC".
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Aside from fixed dollar margins, margin compression in the face of a rising cost (worsening FX) could also lead to a non-linear outcome.
The declining dollar, through the wine glass | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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You could see margin compression and the bearish ramifications of consumers saving rather than spending.
Gold And Silver Shine Brightly As Currencies Race To The Bottom Robert Lenzner 2010
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One of the fictional liberties I took with the story was a certain compression of timeframe.
A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book 2010
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But, of course, the problem with MP3 compression is that a lot of stuff over 15kHz is removed anyway.
On Making Music « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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For example, one way to trigger emotion (in physical and virtual spaces) is to funnel patrons through a narrow corridor, into an expansive room with widely spaced walls and vaulted ceilings. In architecture, this is sometimes referred to as “compression” and “release” and it tends to elicit awe.
Notes, 2023-06-12 James Coleman 2023
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This kept the brightness of the background just high enough that the codec had to represent it with one of its handful of dark greys, and the subtle movements of fog and smoke came out as blotchy messes (often called “compression artifacts” as well) as the compression desperately tried to pick what shade was best for a group of pixels.
Why did last night’s ‘Game of Thrones’ look so bad? Here comes the science! – TechCrunch Devin Coldewey 2019
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