compression
compressing | applying pressure |
| compression | encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required |
| image compression | the compression of graphics for storage or transmission |
brake cylinder
hydraulic brake cylinder
master cylinder | a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston |
compression bandage
tourniquet | bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure |
| cylinder | a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air |
| cylinder piston chamber | a chamber within which piston moves |
| cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
| cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
engine block
cylinder block
block | a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine, the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked |
flatbed press
cylinder press | a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type |
| graduated cylinder | a cylindrical graduate |
| strength | the property of being physically or mentally strong, fatigue sapped his strength |
| tensile strength | the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart |
potency
effectiveness strength | capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects, the toxin's potency, the strength of the drinks |
force
forcefulness
strength | physical energy or intensity, he hit with all the force he could muster, it was destroyed by the strength of the gale, a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man |
lastingness
durability
enduringness
strength | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force, they advertised the durability of their products |
| intensity strength intensity level | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation), he adjusted the intensity of the sound, they measured the station's signal strength |
field strength
field intensity | the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field |
magnetic field strength
magnetic intensity
magnetic induction
magnetic flux density | the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
forte strong suit
long suit
metier
specialty speciality strong point
strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
persuasiveness
strength | the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty, the strength of his argument settled the matter |
military capability
military strength
strength military posture
posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war, we faced an army of great strength, politicians have neglected our military posture |
compression
condensation
contraction | the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together, the contraction of a gas on cooling |
compaction
compression concretion
densification | an increase in the density of something |
tower of strength
pillar of strength | a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort |
| field strength unit | an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity |
| cylinder | a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) |
| element of a cylinder | a straight line running the length of the cylinder |
| cylinder | a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line |
| nerve compression | harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences), causes nerve damage and muscle weakness |
| compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) |
| strength | the condition of financial success, the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks |
manganese bronze
high-strength brass | a brass with from -% manganese to harden it |
neat
straight
full-strength | without water, took his whiskey neat |
industrial-strength
weapons-grade | extremely strong or concentrated or durable, industrial-strength detergent, weapons-grade salsa |