decompression
IPA: dikʌmprˈɛʃʌn
noun
- The process of decompressing.
- The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
- A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
- (medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.
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Examples of "decompression" in Sentences
- He invented the decompression chamber.
- The treatment is surgical decompression.
- The decompression is transparent and on the fly.
- In regard to raw data, decompression is not lossy.
- Modeling is the same for compression and decompression.
- Decompression at the end of the dive may take many days.
- The immediate decompression causes the shellfish to open.
- After the gas switch is made, the actual decompression is performed.
- The explosive decompression does the rest and the creature is no more.
- The men will be treated in decompression chambers to prevent the bends.
- We are not amazed to see a 1 meg file "become" a 100 meg file when decompression is applied.
- The experiments at the university's Diving Physiology laboratory concerned an illness known as decompression sickness, or "the bends."
- With passengers and crew unconscious from cabin decompression, the plane lost radio contact but remained in transponder contact until it crashed.
- The researchers were conducting experiments on an illness known as decompression sickness, or “the bends,” which can occur during deep-sea diving.
- The traditional surgical treatment is called decompression during which the bone, bone spurs and ligaments that are pushing on the nerves are removed.
- They will also be addressing psychological injuries -- I mean they will also be addressing psychological issues, going through a period of time called decompression where they'll ask her to talk about her experiences -- Heidi.
- He understood our innate need for rest and decompression, which is why He offered to provide His followers with a place of spiritual refuge when He said, Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
- The procedure, called a decompression, would involve removing a small section of bone at the back of White's skull as well as a portion of the top vertebrae, and opening the dura, the outermost membrane that covers the brain, to relieve pressure.
- "I'd prefer to stay away from the word 'decompression' in some places because one possible defense is that this word in the statute is ambiguous as applied to what happened to the sheep," wrote Tony Lucchesi, one of the university's attorneys in an Aug. 5 email to a U.S. Navy official.