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The tendency of soft materials, such as elastomers, to undergo permanent deformation; the tendency of such materials to have a memory or to lose their ability to recover in a completely elastic manner.
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Set partitioning in hierarchical trees — (SPIHT) [cite journal last = Said|first = Amir|coauthors = Pearlman, William A. title = A new fast and efficient image codec based upon set partitioning in hierarchical trees journal = IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video… … Wikipedia
Set — Set, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. Locking at the set of day. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Compression member — Member Mem ber, n. [OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf. Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. [1913 Webster] We have many members in one body … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Compression (geology) — In geology the term compression refers to a set of stresses directed toward the center of a rock mass. Compressive strength refers to the maximum compressive stress that can be applied to a material before failure occurs. When the maximum… … Wikipedia
Compression Ratio — HD The difference between the original amount of data and the amount of data after the bandwidth has been reduced through compression, or the degree to which the data set has been reduced numerically. Usually expressed as a ratio such as 5:1 (5… … Audio and video glossary
Dead set — Set Set, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. Locking at the set of day. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nail set — Set Set, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. Locking at the set of day. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To make a dead set — Set Set, n. 1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. Locking at the set of day. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dynamic range compression — This article is about a process that intentionally reduces the dynamic range of audio signals. For similar reductions caused by circuit imperfections, see Gain compression. For processes that reduce the size of digital audio files, see Audio… … Wikipedia
Lossless data compression — is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data. The term lossless is in contrast to lossy data compression, which only allows an approximation of the original data to be… … Wikipedia
