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Decompression   /dˌikəmprˈɛʃən/   Listen
Decompression

noun
1.
Restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display.
2.
Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure).  Synonym: decompressing.



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"Decompression" Quotes from Famous Books



... the extreme, forming a writhing whip that can lash through a spacesuit as though it did not exist. What damage it did to flesh and bone after that was of minor importance; a man who loses all his air in explosive decompression certainly has very little use for flesh and ...
— Thin Edge • Gordon Randall Garrett



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