Associations to the word «Decompression»
Noun
- Treat
- Failure
- Prevention
- Pitt
- Flight
- Dir
- Correction
- Ordering
- Damage
- Cargo
- Gradient
- Faster
- Requirement
- Equipment
- Artery
- Zip
- Rig
- Linux
- Tube
- Trauma
- Processor
- Boycott
- Liquid
- Chip
- Diagnosis
- Software
- Data
- Accident
- Rate
- Explosion
- Lesion
- Decrease
- Flap
- Atmosphere
- Efficacy
- Db
- Implementation
- Interval
- Texture
- Explosive
- Requiring
- Circuit
- Competence
- Dirk
- Joint
- Patient
- Injection
- Electrode
- File
- Vent
- Fraction
- Formation
- Certification
- Exertion
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DECOMPRESSION, noun. The process of decompressing.
DECOMPRESSION, noun. The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver)
DECOMPRESSION, noun. (medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery
DECOMPRESSION BOMB, noun. (computing) A file with a very high compression ratio, thus expected to consume a large amount of memory and disk space when decompressed.
DECOMPRESSION BOMBS, noun. Plural of decompression bomb
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS, noun. (pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.
Dictionary definition
DECOMPRESSION, noun. Restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display.
DECOMPRESSION, noun. Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.