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compansion

compansion noun: companding.

Noun

compansion (countable and uncountable, plural compansions)

  1. companding

Forms of compansion

pluralcompansions

Origin of compansion

Blend of compression + expansion.

Questions about compansion

What does compansion mean?
Compansion means companding.
What part of speech is compansion?
Compansion is a noun.
What is the plural of compansion?
The plural of compansion is compansions.

Words near compansion in the dictionary

  1. companionways
  2. companisation
  3. companisations
  4. companization
  5. companizations
  6. compansion
  7. compansions
  8. company
  9. company car
  10. company cars
  11. company clinic

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