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decompression
  واتنجش  
vâtanješ
Fr.: décompression  
  1. A gradual decrease in surrounding → pressure, especially the controlled decrease in pressure that divers undergo after working in deep water or breathing compressed air.
  2. Computers: The restoration of compressed electronic data to their full size.

See also: → de- + → compression.