compression
| In computing, see data compression. |
compression
| Region of a sound wave where the particles of the medium through which it is travelling have been pushed close together, initially by the vibrating object that is the source of the sound. Sound waves consist of alternate regions of compressions and rarefactions travelling away from the source. |
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