A process in modelbuilding, in which bulky and/or repetitious elements of the prototype being modeled are omitted, in order to capture the important details in a smaller-than-scale model.

(physics) Any wave that is propagated by the compression of a fluid; examples include sound

The tendency of soft materials, such as elastomers, to undergo permanent deformation; the tendency of such materials to have a memory or to lose their ability to recover in a completely elastic manner.

Mode of operation of some internal combustion engines that makes them easier to start, but increases fuel consumption

plural of compression pump

plural of compression set

plural of compression ratio

plural of compression fracture

plural of compression wave

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression