Usually means: Permanent deformation after compressive stress.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (compression set)

noun:  The tendency of soft materials, such as elastomers, to undergo permanent deformation; the tendency of such materials to have a memory or to lose their ability to recover in a completely elastic manner.

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