Synonyms of the word

compression

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

compaction

• n. The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.

compressing

• v. present participle of compress.

concentration

• n. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being…
• n. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
• n. The proportion of a substance in a whole.
• n. The matching game pelmanism.

concretion

• n. The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.
• n. A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
• n. (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
• n. The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.

condensation

• n. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed.
• n. The state of being condensed.
• n. (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
• n. The condensate so formed.
• n. (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

contraction

• n. A reversible reduction in size.
• n. (economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
• n. (biology) A shortening of a muscle when it is used.
• n. (medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
• n. (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such…
• n. (English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the…
• n. (medicine) Contracting a disease.
• n. (phonetics) Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
• n. The acquisition of something, generally negative.
• n. (medicine) A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

densification

• n. The act or process of making or becoming dense.

encoding

• n. (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font,…
• n. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).
• v. present participle of encode.

encryption

• n. (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key…

press

• n. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
• n. (countable) A printing machine.
• n. (uncountable) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
• n. (countable) A publisher.
• n. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
• n. (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the…
• n. (countable, wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager…
• n. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
• n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
• n. (obsolete) A crowd.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.
• v. (transitive) to compress, squeeze.
• v. (transitive) to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug.
• v. (transitive) to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
• v. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding,…
• v. (transitive) to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
• v. (transitive) to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel.
• v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
• v. (transitive) to hasten, urge onward.
• v. (transitive) to urge, beseech, entreat.
• v. (transitive) to lay stress upon, emphasize.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to throng, crowd.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to print.
• v. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

pressing

• adj. Needing urgent attention.
• adj. Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
• n. The application of pressure by a press or other means.
• n. A metal or plastic part made with a press.
• n. The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a…
• n. A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio…
• n. The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
• n. A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
• n. Urgent insistence.
• v. present participle of press.

pressure

• n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
• n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
• n. Distress.
• n. Urgency.
• n. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
• n. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
• v. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

shrinkage

• n. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
• n. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
• n. (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.

shrinking

• v. present participle of shrink.
• n. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.