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What does compressional mean?

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Adjective
  1. The quality of compression
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As for compressional waves, background plasma flow and β conditions are significantly different from the case of transverse wave.
The compressional warming that occurs as the air descends creates vast regions of subtropical high pressure.
The Delamerian Orogen is a compressional orogen developed by westward vergent folds and thrust faults.
In general, the attainment of peak pressure conditions in compressional systems such as the Delamerian Orogeny reflects the effects of crustal thickening.
The first indication of an earthquake is often a sharp thud, signaling the arrival of compressional waves.
Rocks and geological structures exhibit a mixture of compressional and extensional stress effects.

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