Compression - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəmˈpreʃn|  American pronunciation of the word compression
Brit.  |kəmˈpreʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word compression

noun

- an increase in the density of something (syn: concretion)
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together (syn: condensation, contraction)
- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- applying pressure (syn: compressing)

Extra examples

...the compression of a long, complicated story into a two-hour movie is never easy...

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