compression
11compression — [kəm presh′ən] n. [ME < OFr < L compressio] 1. a compressing or being compressed 2. Mech. the compressing of the air fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine just before ignition …
12Compression — A&V Improper video signal level caused by nonlinearity in a circuit s transfer function. Results in lack of detail in either the black or white areas of the video picture. Can also be caused by pointing a video camera at a scene that has a total… …
13Compression — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Compression d une éprouvette …
14compression — (kon pré sion ; en poésie, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Terme de physique. Action exercée sur un corps par une puissance qui tend à en rapprocher les parties constituantes, à en diminuer le volume en en augmentant la densité. • Ce corps à… …
15compression — [1] Applying pressure to a spring, or any springy substance, thus causing it to reduce its length in the direction of the compressing force. [2] Applying pressure to a gas, thus causing a reduction in volume. [3] One of the essential factors in a …
16COMPRESSION — n. f. Action de comprimer ou Résultat de cette action. La compression de l’air. Une forte compression. Il se dit figurément de l’Action d’un gouvernement qui empêche les manifestations de la pensée, de la vie politique. La compression des esprits …
17compression — compressional, adj. /keuhm presh euhn/, n. 1. the act of compressing. 2. the state of being compressed. 3. the effect, result, or consequence of being compressed. 4. (in internal combustion engines) the reduction in volume and increase of… …
18compression — /kəmˈprɛʃən / (say kuhm preshuhn) noun 1. Also, compressure /kəmˈprɛʃə/ (say kuhm preshuh). the act of compressing. 2. Also, compressure /kəmˈprɛʃə/ (say kuhm preshuh). a compressed state. 3. (in some internal combustion engines) the reduction in …
19COMPRESSION — s. f. Action de comprimer, ou L effet qui est produit dans ce qui est comprimé. La compression de l air. Une forte compression …
20compression — A squeezing together; the exertion of pressure on a body in such a way as to tend to increase its density; the decrease in a dimension of a body under the action of two external forces directed toward one another in the same straight line. c. of… …
