compression

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Borrowed from Middle French compression, from Latin compressiō, equivalent to compress + -ion.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: свиване (svivane) — the act of compressing
• Bulgarian: сгъстяване (sgǎstjavane) — the act of compressing
• Catalan: compressió — the act of compressing
• Czech: stlačení — the act of compressing
• Czech: komprese — the act of compressing
• Danish: kompression — the act of compressing
• Danish: komprimering — the act of compressing
• Danish: sammenpresning — the act of compressing
• Dutch: compressie — the act of compressing
• Dutch: comprimering — the act of compressing
• Finnish: puristaminen — the act of compressing
• French: compression — the act of compressing
• Georgian: კუმშვა (ḳumšva) — the act of compressing
• Georgian: შეკუმშვა (šeḳumšva) — the act of compressing
• German: Kompression — the act of compressing
• German: Komprimierung — the act of compressing
• Greek: συμπίεση (sympíesi) — the act of compressing
• Indonesian: kompresi — the act of compressing
• Italian: compressione — the act of compressing
• Māori: kо̄peketanga — the act of compressing
• Polish: kompresja — the act of compressing
• Portuguese: compressão — the act of compressing
• Portuguese: compactação — the act of compressing
• Russian: сжа́тие (sžátije) — the act of compressing
• Swedish: komprimering — the act of compressing
• Tagalog: tipil — the act of compressing
• Tagalog: pagpipiga — the act of compressing
• Tagalog: pag-compress — the act of compressing
• Turkish: sıkıştırma — the act of compressing
• Turkish: deriştirme — the act of compressing
• Ukrainian: сти́снення (stýsnennja) — the act of compressing
• Ukrainian: стиск (stysk) — the act of compressing
• Bulgarian: компресия (kompresija) — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Catalan: compressió — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Danish: kompression — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Dutch: compressie — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Finnish: puristus — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• French: compression — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• German: Kompression — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Italian: compressione — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Polish: sprężenie — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Polish: kompresja — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Portuguese: compressão — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Russian: сжа́тие (sžátije) — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Tagalog: tipil — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Turkish: kompresyon — the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed
• Bulgarian: компресиране (kompresirane) — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Dutch: comprimering — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• French: compression — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Georgian: შეკუმშვა (šeḳumšva) — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• German: Komprimierung — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Greek: συμπίεση (sympíesi) — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Icelandic: þjöppun — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Italian: compressione — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Polish: kompresja — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Portuguese: compressão — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Portuguese: compactação — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Russian: сжа́тие (sžátije) — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Swedish: komprimering — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Swedish: kompression — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Turkish: sıkıştırma — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Ukrainian: сти́снення (stýsnennja) — (computing) the process by which data is compressed
• Bulgarian: компреси́ране (kompresírane) — (music) the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled
• Dutch: compressie — (music) the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled
• Portuguese: compressão — (music) the electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled