The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
The process by which data is compressed.
Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
The act by which something is stretched.
A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.