A process in modelbuilding, in which bulky and/or repetitious elements of the prototype being modeled are omitted, in order to capture the important details in a smaller-than-scale model.

(physics) Any wave that is propagated by the compression of a fluid; examples include sound

(computing) Any of several techniques for reducing the number of bits needed to represent an item of digital data, either to save storage or to use less bandwidth when transmitting it

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

A machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.

The marketing to young children of items for older children and adults.

(military, historical) A kind of mine producing a wide crater.

plural of compression pump

plural of compression set

plural of compression ratio