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compand

compand verb: to subject to a companding process.

Verb

compand (third-person singular simple present compands, present participle companding, simple past and past participle companded)

  1. (transitive) To subject to a companding process.

Forms of compand

third-person singular presentcompands
present participlecompanding
past participlecompanded
pastcompanded

Questions about compand

What does compand mean?
Compand means to subject to a companding process.
What part of speech is compand?
Compand is a verb.
What is the past tense of compand?
The past tense of compand is companded.

Words near compand in the dictionary

  1. compaginating
  2. compagination
  3. compaginations
  4. compaignion
  5. compaignions
  6. compand
  7. companded
  8. compander
  9. companders
  10. companding
  11. compandings

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