decompressed
past simple and past participle ofdecompress
decompress
verb
uk/ˌdiː.kəmˈpres/us/ˌdiː.kəmˈpres/[IorT]
toreduceinpressureorreturnto theoriginallowerpressure, or tocausesomething to do this:
If aplanewindowbreaks, thecabinwillrapidlydecompress.
[IorT]computingspecialized
toreturnto theoriginalsize, or tocausesomething to do this:
Thecomputerchipcompressesand decompresses acolourimagein less than a second.
[I,IorT]mainlyUSinformal
torelax:
After twoweeks'hikingwe'll need a fewdaysto decompress.
to relax
- relaxAfter a long day in the office, I love nothing more than relaxing on the sofa.
- chill outWe spent the whole week chilling out on the beach.
- chillaxHey, man, just chillax.
- unwindMusic helps me to unwind.
- wind downOur daughter knows that when we read a story at the end of the day, it's time to wind down and get ready for bed.
- take it easyYou'll need to spend a few days taking it easy after the operation.
Physics: energy, force & power
- anti-gravity
- attract
- attraction
- bar magnet
- barometric pressure
- dynamo
- fundamental force
- G-force
- gravitational
- high-impact
- incident
- magnetic field
- meltdown
- stored energy
- thrust
- transduce
- transduction
- unexcited
- unipolar
- waveform
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Enlarging and inflating
Calming and relaxing
Examplesofdecompressed
decompressed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The left atrium wasdecompressedadequately and the patient was successfully weaned from extracorporeal support.
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In die second stage, die right ventricle wasdecompressedas an open procedure on cardiopulmonary bypass, leaving open die shunt and the interatrial communication.
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If the atresia is in the upper small bowel and the proximal bowel can be adequatelydecompressedwith a nasogastric tube, the bowel can be reduced into the peritoneal cavity.
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Saying that the information is represented by hippocampus in compressed form does not help, because then one needs to explain how it getsdecompressedin the cortex.
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The information is decoded anddecompressedbefore being passed along to the cinema sound processor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Blocks are divided into segments that must bedecompressedsequentially in order.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If nerve conduction studies show a large (90%) change in nerve conduction, the nerve should bedecompressed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The foundation required extensive excavation because layers ofdecompressedrock existed above the sound granodiorite rock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the button is pressed, the spring is released anddecompressed, which pushes the piston down.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Variable-length codes can allow sources to be compressed anddecompressedwith "zero" error (lossless data compression) and still be read back symbol by symbol.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As compressed gas isdecompressed, heat is absorbed from surroundings of the gas, in particular, the hot object.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At query time only half a block will need to bedecompressedon average.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tiles weredecompressedat runtime by adding a leading bit to each pixel's color index.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ulnar nerve may also bedecompressedsurgically.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whendecompressed, the audio signal is an exact replica of the original.
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- dig a hole for yourself
- digastric
- dig-deep-into-pocket-s-resources-savings
- dig (deep) into your pocket(s)/resources/savings
- dig-deep-into-your-pocket-s-resources-savings
- digest
- digested
- digester
- digestibility
- digestible
- digesting
- digestion
- digestive
- digestive enzyme
- digestive fluid
- digestive organ
- digestive problem
- digestive system
- digestive-system
- digestive tract
- digestive-tract
- digger
- digging
- digging ditches
- digging holes