simple past tense and past participle of decompress

plural of decompression

That decompresses.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress

present participle of decompress

(transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something. / (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.

The process of decompressing. / The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).

(computing) A usually malicous file with a very high compression ratio, thus expected to consume a large amount of memory and disk space when decompressed.

plural of decompression bomb

(aviation, medicine) A situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue.