1. decompression(n = noun.act) Array - restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display; Array
is a kind of decipherment, decoding, decryption
Antonym: compression
Derived form verb decompress1
2. decompression(n = noun.act) decompressing - relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure); Array
is a kind of alleviation, easement, easing, relief
Antonym: compression
Derived form verb decompress2
decompression, n.
1 release from compression.
2 a gradual reduction of air pressure on a person who has been subjected to high pressure (esp. underwater).
Idiom:
decompression chamber an enclosed space for subjecting a person to decompression. decompression sickness a condition caused by the sudden lowering of air pressure and formation of bubbles in the blood: also called caisson disease, the bends (see BEND 14).