v
(technology) To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
v
(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
v
(computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
v
to separate an emulsion into its constituent parts.
v
(electronics) To remove a signal on a line.
v
(transitive, computing) To process (digital video) so as to remove block-shaped artifacts of encoding.
v
To remove blurring from an image (and make it sharper)
adj
That removes branches.
v
To repair a malfunctioning smartphone (or similar device)
v
(electronics) To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).
n
(medicine) The removal of a cannula.
v
(hardware) To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
v
(surgery, transitive) To remove a capsule (especially from the kidney).
v
(transitive) To steam something (typically a fabric) with the intention of uncurling it, giving it a lustre, or fixing a finish on it.
v
To remove a coating from
n
(slang, hacking) a decompilation (especially of a videogame)
v
(intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
n
That which decompresses.
n
(computing) Any device or circuit that carries out a decrementation operation
v
(transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
v
(transitive) To reduce or eliminate the magnetic field from (the hull of a ship, or a computer monitor, etc.).
v
(transitive, computer graphics) To remove the haze from (an image).
v
(film, transitive) To convert (video footage) into a non-interlaced format; to remove one field from each video frame.
v
(transitive) To cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
v
(transitive) To remove layers from; to strip away levels from.
v
(transitive) To remove the lead (metal) from.
v
(microelectronics) To remove the lid from a microchip.
n
The process of removing and neutralizing mines.
v
(transitive) To remove from a mold.
v
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
n
(now chiefly medicine) The act of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).
n
Something that has the effect of deobstructing.
v
(intransitive) To undergo deossification.
v
(transitive) To separate a panel of multiple printed circuit boards (PCBs) into individual boards.
v
(transitive, chiefly nautical) To degauss or demagnetize; especially, to degauss a ship by dragging a large powered electrical cable along its side.
v
(transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board.
v
(transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.
v
(textiles) To remove sizing material from (a fabric).
v
To remove debris from a printed circuit board after holes have been drilled in it
v
To separate by removing solder
v
(transitive) To make (a material) less tacky in texture.
v
To remove wires from something; to dismantle a system of overhead lines.
v
(engineering) To delaminate.
n
The removal of an obstruction
v
(transitive) To modulate to a lower level.
n
(computing) Covert extraction of data.
v
(intransitive) To fall into or become separated into fragments.
v
(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
v
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
v
(computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To reduce in density.
n
(rare) The act of sweating again.
n
(electronics) Synonym of solder mask.
v
To separate items while dissecting
v
(electronics) To break a circuit in response to an overload.
v
(transitive, computing) To remove the distortion from (an image, sound, or other signal).
n
(computing) A software program that decompresses code or data.
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