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Noun Concept

Categories: Figures of speech, Prosody (linguistics), Mechanical engineering, Continuum mechanics, Phonology

compression condensation contraction tension and compression axial forces decompression

The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together WordNet 3.0

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The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions. Wikipedia

Size reduction due to forces Wikipedia Disambiguation

Application of inward ("pushing") forces to a material or structure Wikidata

The contraction of a gas on cooling WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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strength of materials

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pressure

concrete object

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

compression, condensation, contraction

Wikipedia

compression (physics)

Wikidata

compression, tension and compression

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Compressible Surface, compression (phonetics), Compression (physical), compression forces, compressive forces, decompression (physics), Decompression event, Dilation (physics), Physical compression

Wikidata Alias

axial forces, physical compression, squeeze, squeezing