overcompression

Noun

overcompression (uncountable)

1. Excessive compression.
   • If Smith, bearing a valise freshly stuck with labels, walks up the street with an air at once confident and curious, I may infer that Smith has returned to town after a considerable absence. In a thousand little ways the skilled writer may guide his readers to their own deductions and, while...1913, Carl Henry Grabo, The Art of the Short Story, C. Scribner's Sons, pages 230-231
   • In case of loss of vacuum and overcompression these valves automatically pen and connect the clearance space of the cylinder with the steam space in the head and the communicating steam piping.1916, Edward Kippel, The Iron Age 1916-07-20: Volume 98, Issue 3, Reed Business Information, page 131