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compression

[kuhm-presh-uhn] / kəmˈprɛʃ ən /
NOUN
condensation
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He was wearing a compression sleeve over his right knee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Memory and data-storage stocks received a jolt last week when Alphabet’s Google unveiled TurboQuant, an artificial-intelligence memory compression algorithm.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Google last week announced a new compression algorithm called TurboQuant, which they say can shrink the amount of short-term memory that an AI model uses by at least six times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This is what the compression looks like at ground level.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Together we discussed and gravely considered the relative merits of side compression straps, spindrift collars, crampon patches, load transfer differentials, air-flow channels, webbing loops, and something called the occipital cutout ratio.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson