Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recompression

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: re-com-pres-sion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of recompressing; compression again.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Marle agreed not to record Anna’s symptoms or recompression in the diving log if she promised to go directly to the hospital and have her vital signs checked."

Etymology

From re- + compression.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Inflected Forms

recompressions (plural)

Questions

What does recompression mean?: The act of recompressing; compression again.
Where does recompression come from?: From re- + compression.

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