Usually means: Reduction of volume through pressure.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. compressions: Merriam-Webster
  2. compressions: Collins English Dictionary
  3. compressions: Vocabulary.com
  4. Compressions, compressions: Wordnik
  5. compressions: Wiktionary
  6. compressions: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compressions: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compressions: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compressions: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. compressions: Medical dictionary

(Note: See compression as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (compression)

noun:  An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
noun:  (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
noun:  (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
noun:  (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
noun:  (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
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