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noun, feminine

compression

/kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/

noun, feminine/kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/plural: compressions

compression (act, instance of compressing); compression (cycle of an internal combustion engine)

First known attestation 1314, borrowed from Latin compressiōnem.

compression — French Dictionary | Passage