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time compression

time compression noun: the rendering of a video or a video clip of a shorter duration than real time.

Noun

time compression (countable and uncountable, plural time compressions)

  1. The rendering of a video or a video clip of a shorter duration than real time.
  2. The concept of condensing all of time and space into a single moment, or a singularity.

Forms of time compression

pluraltime compressions

Questions about time compression

What does time compression mean?
Time compression means the rendering of a video or a video clip of a shorter duration than real time.
What part of speech is time compression?
Time compression is a noun.
What is the plural of time compression?
The plural of time compression is time compressions.

Words near time compression in the dictionary

  1. time code
  2. time codes
  3. Time Complex Simulator
  4. time complexities
  5. time complexity
  6. time compression
  7. time compressions
  8. time constant
  9. time constants
  10. time constraint
  11. time constraints

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