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compression

Definition:

(nou) an increase in the density of something (nou) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together (nou) encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required (nou) applying pressure

Phonetic Transcription:

kəmˈpreʃən

Examples:

The man pressed on the compression button.

The converse holds in compression.

It does so by compression and rarefaction.

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