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Definitions: Decompression |
DecompressionNoun1. Restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display. 2. Relieving pressure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | The reduction of atmospheric pressure; particularly, various techniques for preventing caisson disease. (references) |
Health | Decompression external to the body, most often the slow lessening of external pressure on the whole body (especially in caisson workers, deep sea divers, and persons who ascend to great heights) to prevent decompression sickness. It includes also sudden accidental decompression, but not surgical (local) decompression or decompression applied through body openings. (references) |
Mining | The process of reducing high air pressure gradually enough so as not toinjure people who have been working in it. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: DecompressionSynonym: decompressing (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: compression (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Decompression |
| English words defined with "decompression": decompression sickness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "decompression": caisson sickness, Cecostomy, compressed air disease, compressed air illness ♦ decompression disease, decompression illness, divers'palsy, divers'paralysis ♦ ebullism, explosive decompression ♦ gunzip, gzip ♦ heat of compression ♦ Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group, joint photographic experts group ♦ Kolmogorov complexity ♦ Lempel-Ziv Welch compression, Lower Body Negative Pressure ♦ neuro-circulatory collapse, niggles ♦ Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Doc Schane communicates with AQUARIUS aquanauts during decompression.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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Health | Oral medications and surgical decompression are therapeutic alternatives. (references) | |
If vascular or major neurological impairment is present, surgical decompression may be considered. (references) | ||
The degree to which decompression (relief of CSF pressure or buildup) following shunt surgery can minimize or reverse damage to the brain is not well understood. (references) | ||
Travel | Ecuador | The Ecuadorian Navy charges a fee for use of its decompression chamber. (references) |
Ecuador | Because there is no decompression chamber in the archipelago, divers are advised to obtain adequate medical evacuation insurance to allow emergency air transport to the nearest chamber, located at the San Eduardo Naval Base in Guayaquil. (references) | |
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| "Decompression" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Decompression" is used about 91 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 91 | 34,491 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "decompression": decompression chamber ♦ decompression disease ♦ decompression illness ♦ decompression sickness ♦ explosive decompression. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "decompression": compression-decompression, no-decompression. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "decompression"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إزالة الضغط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 解压 (decompress, decompressing), 解"縮 (to decompress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dekomprese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dekompression. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | decompressie, verdunning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paineen alentaminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | décompression. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dekomprimierung, dekompression. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαλάρωση της πίεσης, αποσυμπίεση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שחרור לחץ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dehermetizáció, túlnyomás megszûnése, nyomáscsökkentés (relief, relief of pressure), nyomáscsökkenés (recess, relief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | decompressione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 減圧 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | '"あつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감압 (decompressing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeevroojey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecompressionday descompressão (blow, blowing). (various references) декомпрессия (uncompression). (various references) descompresión. (various references) dekompression, trycksänkning (unloading). (various references) vurgun (caisson disease, cleanup, decompression sickness, haul, loot, pelf, pickup, profiteering, rapture of deep, scoop, strike, the bends), basınç azaltma hücresi (decompression chamber). (various references) зниження тиску, декомпресія. (various references) sự giảm sức ép, sự bớt sức ép. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "decompression": decompressions. (additional references) | |
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"Decompression" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decompressional, desmopressin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "decompression" (pronounced dē'kumpre"shun) |
| 9 | -k u m p r e" sh u n | compression. |
| 7 | -m p r e" sh u n | impression, misimpression. |
| 6 | -p r e" sh u n | depression, expression, oppression, repression, suppression. |
| 5 | -r e" sh u n | aggression, digression, discretion, freshen, indiscretion, nonaggression, progression, regression, transgression. |
| 4 | -e" sh u n | accession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: monodisperse, processioned. | |
-2 letters: compression, decomposers, endoscopies. | |
-3 letters: compressed, decomposer, decomposes, decompress, depression, discompose, economised, economises, empoisoned, endoscopes, endosperms, endospores, modernises, necropsied, necropsies, precession, princedoms, procession, recomposed, recomposes, spoonerism. | |
-4 letters: comedones, composers, comprised, comprises, considers, conspired, conspires, cooperies, coreopsis, crimsoned, crispened, decompose, demonises, dispenser, domineers, economies, economise, emersions, empoisons, endoscope, endosomes, endosperm, endospore, impressed, incorpsed, incorpses, incrossed, indorsees, isoprenes, modernise, monoecies, moodiness, moonrises, moonseeds, pecorinos, podomeres, poisoners, premedics, prescinds, primeness, princedom, princesse, processed, promisees, prosodies, recession, recompose, redispose, reimposed, reimposes, roominess, scorpions, seconders, specimens, spermines, sponsored. | |
-5 letters: censored, codeines, comedies, compeers, compends, compered, comperes, composed, composer, composes, compress, comprise, condores, conioses, consider, conspire, coopered, corodies, corpsmen, crimsons, crispens, demireps, demoness, demonise, deposers, dermises, descries, despiser, dioceses, direness, discerns, dispense, disperse, disposer, domineer, dominoes, dopiness, dropsies, emeroids, emersion, empoison, emprises, encoders, endemics, endermic, endorses, endosmos, endosome, epiderms, episodes, episomes, erepsins, erosions, impeders, imposers, impreses, incomers, incorpse, indorsee, indorses, ionomers, isoprene, mediocre, miscodes, misdoers, misspend, modernes, moidores, monodies, moonrise, moonseed, moperies, necrosed, necroses, necrosis, omicrons, oosperms, pecorino, peonisms, percoids, pioneers, pocosins, podomere, poisoned, poisoner, poorness, precised, precises, precodes, premedic, premised, premises, prescind, presides, pressmen, primness, princess, prisoned, proceeds, promines, promised, promisee, promises, prosodic, recoined, recopied, recopies, reimpose, rescinds, responds, response, ripeness, ropiness, scoopers, scorpion, scrimped, scrooped, seconder, secondes, semipros, senecios, sermonic, simpered, snoopers, snoopier, sodomies, someones, sordines, specimen, spencers, spenders, spermine, spiremes, spondees, spoonier, spoonies. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: decompressions. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -.-. --- -- .--. .-. . ... ... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e c o m p r e s s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0063 006F 006D 0070 0072 0065 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E |
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