n. The operation of converting a signal of a certain bandwidth into a form occupying a much smaller bandwidth so that it can be economically transmitted. All systems for doing this necessarily involve some loss of information and require elaborate...

adj. In the Lindau feature system, a distinctive feature invoked to treat distinctions of vertical lip-compression (as in Swedish), with the possible values compressed and...

A force applied to a structure or object in the manner so as to squash or crush it. See also: BENDING; SHEAR FORCE; TENSION;...

Compression itself may refer to: Gas compression, raising the pressure and reducing the volume of gases Physical compression, the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress Compression arch suspended-deck bridge, a compression arch...