Compressions synonyms

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concretions
(--- Geol.) An inclusion in sedimentary rock, usually rounded and harder than the surrounding rock, resulting from the formation of succeeding layers of mineral matter about some nucleus, as a grain of sand
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condensations
The change of a gas or vapor to a liquid, either by cooling or by being subjected to increased pressure. When water vapor cools in the atmosphere, for example, it condenses into tiny drops of water, which form clouds.
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contractions
(Physiology) The shortening and thickening of functioning muscle or muscle fiber.
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squeezes
An amount squeezed out:
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constrictions
A feeling of tightness or pressure, as in the chest
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concentrations (related)
The definition of concentration means the amount of ingredients or parts in relation to the other ingredients or parts.
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Compressions Sentence Examples

  • The inclined tensions and compressions in the bars of a braced web are equivalent to this shear.

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)-An emergency procedure designed to stimulate breathing and blood flow through a combination of chest compressions and rescue breathing.

  • Whatever the form of a wave, we could always force it to travel on with that form unchanged, and with any velocity we chose, if we could apply any " external " force we liked to each particle, in addition to the " internal " force called into play by the compressions or extensions.

  • He supposed that in air Boyle's law holds in the extensions and compressions, or that p = kp, whence dp/dp = k = p/p. His value of the velocity in air is therefore U = iJ (p ip.) (Newton's formula).

  • When the air rushes out from one pipe, it has not to force its way into the open air, but finds a cavity being prepared for it close at hand in the other pipe, and so the extensions and compressions at the ends are more easily reduced.

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