decompression
减压,解压,解压缩,降压
Definitions
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- : the gradual reduction in atmospheric pressure experienced by divers, construction workers, etc., after working in deep water or breathing compressed air.
- : the act or process of releasing from pressure.
- : Surgery. the procedure of relieving increased cranial, cardiac, or orbital pressure.
- : a state of relief from pressure; a return to normalcy after a stressful period or situation.
- : Computers. the restoration of data that has undergone compression to its original state.
Examples
A posthumous citation says she tended to a passenger with a decompression injury before the impact that took her life.
Moreover, there is no previous reported emergency aboard a 777 on a commercial flight that involved decompression.
Deprived of oxygen by the decompression, the flight test crew had to grab for oxygen masks.
“Explosive decompression” where the fuselage breaks apart suddenly and catastrophically.
However, integrity of the fuselage structure is not an absolute guarantee that an explosive decompression will not occur.
All airplanes are designed with more than enough integrity to prevent what is technically called explosive decompression.
He picked up the phone and called the decompression chamber building.
If the decompression is not properly effected, the diver will suffer agonies and even death from the so-called "Caisson Disease."
The decompression was complete and he suffered no symptoms of the "Caisson Disease."
In fact, there are some who advise decompression for uremia.
We have seen marked relief follow a temporal decompression operation.