decompressing
- noun
- Specialized
:
descompresión
- After diving deep underwater, the diver spent several minutes decompressing at shallow depths to avoid the bends.
Examples
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The decompressing of the balloon allowed it to slowly expand back to its original size after being squeezed.
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If I compress these springs, you can see the Achilles decompressing so that it can move forward and then automatically tightening again.
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At the end of a stressful week, she found decompressing with a good book to be very relaxing.
Synonyms
10
6.0
To lower the pressure on a person or object by returning them slowly to normal air pressure
3
6.5
A loss of air pressure in a closed space like an airplane cabin
Antonyms
- Specialized
5
4.9
The process of increasing and keeping the air in a space like a plane or submarine at a set level
How Rapid
14
7.6
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
decompressing = decompress (transparent) = de + compress + ing
The noun is a regular -ing formation from the verb 'decompress', so the immediate step is straightforward.
Etymology
The word decompressing comes from the parts de- ('away') and compress ('press together'), the same root you see in pressure and press. So decompressing is taking pressure away slowly, like a diver letting air out step by step to avoid injury.