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| decompress |
to reduce pressure or compression on. [2/3 definitions] |
| decompression sickness |
a painful and sometimes fatal condition caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood, resulting from returning to atmospheric pressure too quickly from deep water or a compression chamber; aeroembolism; bends. |
| gush |
to flood out abundantly and with considerable force, as a liquid being released from compression; spurt. [1/7 definitions] |
| JPEG |
abbreviation of "Joint Photographic Experts Group," used to denote the cross-platform image file format based on this committee's image compression algorithm, or such a file itself, and, shortened to jpg, used as the filename extension for files in this format. |
| shock wave |
a compression wave, such as that produced by an explosion; blast. [1/2 definitions] |
| truss |
in engineering, any structural framework that is composed of rigid straight members in triangular conformations and that functions as a beam or cantilever bearing tension or compression vertically. [1/5 definitions] |
| water ice |
ice formed only from freezing water, and not by compression of snow. [1/2 definitions] |
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