decompress

English

Etymology

de- +‎ compress

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːkəmˈpɹɛs/

Verb

1. (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
2. (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
3. (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
4. (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
   • 2011, Max Gallimore, From Here to Caprock, page 354:

     There was a typical reef construction here with large plating corals at deeper depths. Thankfully, again there were many new corals. We decompressed for several minutes before boarding. Then Mike really got sick. He skipped the next dive.

5. (intransitive, informal) To relax.

Derived terms

• decompression

Translations

To relieve the pressure or compression on something

• Bulgarian: намалявам налягането (namaljavam naljaganeto)
• Finnish: alentaa painetta
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• Greek: αποσυμπιέζω (el) (aposympiézo)
• Maori: whakaroha

To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure

• Bulgarian: декомпресирам (dekompresiram)
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• Greek: αποσυμπιέζω (el) (aposympiézo)

To restore compressed data to its normal size

• Bulgarian: разгъвам (bg) (razgǎvam)
• Czech: dekomprimovat
• Finnish: purkaa (fi)
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• Greek: αποσυμπιέζω (el) (aposympiézo)
• Icelandic: afþjappa

To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure

• Greek: αποσυμπιέζω (el) (aposympiézo)
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To relax

• Finnish: ottaa rennosti, rentoutua (fi)
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Anagrams

• compressed