Hyphenation of compression

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word compression? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

com-pres-sion

Definitions of compression:

1.	An increase in the density of something
2.	The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together The contraction of a gas on cooling
3.	Encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
4.	Applying pressure

Synonyms of compression:

noun	compaction, concretion, densification, concentration
noun	condensation, contraction, shrinking, shrinkage
noun	encoding, encryption
noun	compressing, press, pressure, pressing

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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