Compression

In botany, a kind of plant fossil resulting from the weight of accumulated sediments upon plant organs.


The act of squeezing or pressing.


A serious condition in which the brain is compressed by blood or cerebrospinal fluid accumulating in it or by a fractured skull.


A squeezing together; the condition of being pressed together.


It signifies a rise in pressure exerted by the surrounding water as the depth of a dive increases.


 


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