compression

compression is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
2. noun. applying pressure

   Synonyms: compressing

3. noun. encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
4. noun. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

   "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

   Synonyms: condensation, contraction

5. noun. an increase in the density of something

   Synonyms: compaction, concretion, densification

Synonyms

compressing, condensation, contraction, compaction, concretion, densification

Common word forms

compressions, compressional

Words from these letters

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