Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπίεσις (sumpíesis) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from French compression.[1] By surface analysis, συμπιέζω (sympiézo) +‎ -ση (-si).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /simˈbi.e.si/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧μπί‧ε‧ση

Noun

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συμπίεση (sympíesif

  1. compression (the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed)
  2. (computing) compression
    συμπίεση δεδομένωνsympíesi dedoménondata compression

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ συμπίεση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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