συμπίεση

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Greek

Etymology

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

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

Noun

συμπίεση • (sympíesi) f

  1. compression (the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed)
  2. (computing) compression
    συμπίεση δεδομένων ― sympíesi dedoménon ― data compression

Declension

Declension of συμπίεση
singular plural
nominative συμπίεση (sympíesi) συμπιέσεις (sympiéseis)
genitive συμπίεσης (sympíesis) συμπιέσεων (sympiéseon)
accusative συμπίεση (sympíesi) συμπιέσεις (sympiéseis)
vocative συμπίεση (sympíesi) συμπιέσεις (sympiéseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: συμπιέσεως (sympiéseos)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ συμπίεση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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