英语词汇“decompressor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

decompress /dē-kəm-presˈ/

transitive verb

To release from pressure

To decrease the pressure on

To expand (compressed computer data) to its original size

ORIGIN: de- (2)

decompression /-preshˈən/ noun

The act or process of releasing from pressure

The gradual release of air pressure on persons (such as divers, construction workers, etc) on returning to normal atmospheric conditions

Any operation to relieve excessive pressure (surgery)

The expansion to its original size of compressed computer data

decompressˈive adjective

decompressˈor noun

decompression chamber noun

A chamber in which excessive pressure can be reduced gradually to atmospheric pressure, or in which a person can be subjected gradually to decreased atmospheric pressure

decompression sickness noun

Bends, a painful and sometimes fatal disorder affecting divers, etc who are too suddenly subjected to decreased air pressure, caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the body as nitrogen comes rapidly out of solution from the blood and other body fluids