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- noun
Compression appliedprior to something.
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Examples
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Dry characteristic shear strength of masonry at zero precompression
Chapter 5 1998
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The compression speed of the vertical stroke hydraulic jack is 75 mm/s during precompression and 10.8 mm/s during hypercompression. the compression pressure is adjustable.
Chapter 7 1988
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The lens 'creators also found that it was possible to vary the focal length and phase velocity of the signals by varying the precompression states of the particles.
Ars Technica Casey Johnston 2010
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The lens 'creators also found that it was possible to vary the focal length and phase velocity of the signals by varying the precompression states of the particles.
Ars Technica Casey Johnston 2010
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The lens 'creators also found that it was possible to vary the focal length and phase velocity of the signals by varying the precompression states of the particles.
Ars Technica Casey Johnston 2010
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