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selective compression

selective compression noun: a process in modelbuilding, in which bulky and/or repetitious elements of the prototype being modeled are omitted, in order to capture the important details in a smaller-than-scale model.

Noun

selective compression (uncountable)

  1. A process in modelbuilding, in which bulky and/or repetitious elements of the prototype being modeled are omitted, in order to capture the important details in a smaller-than-scale model.

Questions about selective compression

What does selective compression mean?
Selective compression means a process in modelbuilding, in which bulky and/or repetitious elements of the prototype being modeled are omitted, in order to capture the important details in a smaller-than-scale model.
What part of speech is selective compression?
Selective compression is a noun.

Words near selective compression in the dictionary

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  2. selective androgen receptor modulators
  3. selective breeding
  4. selective collection
  5. selective collections
  6. selective compression
  7. selective distortion
  8. selective distortions
  9. selective eating disorder
  10. selective eating disorders
  11. selective fire

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