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compression

com.pres.sion \k*m-'presh-*n\ \-'presh-n*l, -*n-*l\ n 1: the act or process 
   of compressing : the state of being compressed  2: the process of 
   compressing the working substance in a heat engine  - com.pres.sion.al aj