compression ratio

noun — 2 senses

compression ratio

noun
1

Automotive, Transport, Vehicles The ratio of the volume between the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and the piston before and after the compression stroke.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original uncompressed data.

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