COMPRESSIONAL

Meaning of COMPRESSIONAL in English

-shən ə l, -shnəl adjective

: consisting of, having to do with, or producing compression

a compressional force

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

COMPRESSIONAL — adjective see: compression
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPRESSIONAL — adj. capable of being compacted or condensed; compacted, condensed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COMPRESSIONAL — see compression
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — noun Date: 1875 a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — noun also compression wave : a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — Date: 1875 : a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium — called …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMPRESSIONAL WAVE — [compressional wave] n (1887): a longitudinal wave (as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium--called also …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ULTRASONICS — noun plural Date: 1924 ultrasonic vibrations or compressional waves, the study of ultrasonic vibrations and their associated phenomena, ultrasonic devices
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SHOCK WAVE — noun Date: 1907 a compressional wave of high amplitude caused by a shock (as from an earthquake or explosion) to …
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RAREFACTION — noun Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French raréfaction, from Medieval Latin ~-, rarefactio, from Latin rarefacere to rarefy Date: 1572 …
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COMPRESSION WAVE — noun see: compressional wave
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MOUNTAIN — I Landform that rises well above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local …
Английский словарь Британика
FAULT — In geology, a fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause the rocks on …
Английский словарь Британика
ALLEGHENIAN OROGENY — formerly Appalachian Revolution Mountain-building event that affected the Appalachian Geosyncline in the late The Alleghenian orogeny is most pronounced in …
Английский словарь Британика
COMPRESSION WAVE — noun see compressional wave
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOCK WAVE — noun 1. : blast 5b 2. : a compressional wave formed whenever the speed of a body relative to a …
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RETONATION WAVE — ˌret ə nˈāshən- noun Etymology: retonation from re- + -tonation (as in detonation ) : a compressional wave propagated backward …
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IMPREG — ˈimˌpreg noun ( -s ) Etymology: impreg nated ( wood ) : wood impregnated with a resin so that face …
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OVERTHRUST BELT — ( sometimes caps. ) Geol. an elongate area in which thick rock layers have been pushed over one another by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSION WAVE — a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted. Also, compressional wave . Cf. expansion wave . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSION — — compressional , adj. /keuhm presh"euhn/ , n. 1. the act of compressing. 2. the state of being compressed. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPRESSION WAVE — see compressional wave
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ULTRASONICS — noun plural Date: 1924 1. : ultrasonic vibrations or compressional waves 2. singular in construction : the study of ultrasonic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOCK WAVE — Date: 1907 1. : a compressional wave of high amplitude caused by a shock (as from an earthquake or explosion) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAREFACTION — noun Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French raréfaction, from Medieval Latin rarefaction-, rarefactio, from Latin rarefacere to rarefy Date: 1572 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHONON — [ 'fəʊnɒn ] ■ noun Physics a quantum of energy associated with a compressional wave such as a vibration of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHEAR WAVE — transverse wave that occurs in an elastic medium when it is subjected to periodic shear. Shear is the change of …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAULT — in geology, fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause the rocks on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
BONE CONDUCTION — the conduction of sound through the bones of the skull. Two types of bone conduction are recognized. In compressional bone …
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JURASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of three …
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ВСТУПЛЕНИЕ ПРОДОЛЬНОЙ ВОЛНЫ — compressional arrival, compressional-wave onset, compressional event
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