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decompression

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relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)

restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display

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He decided to stay in his space suit; explosive decompression didn't appeal to him. Come to think about it, death from old age was his choice. Robert A. Heinlein

They were willing to risk a hole in the ship emptying out half the ship's air rather than let her up to the bridge. It was sort of gratifying to be scarier than sudden decompression. Daniel Abraham

Actors played their scenes at 33 feet (11 m), too shallow a depth for them to need decompression, and rarely stayed down for more than an hour at a time. Source: Internet

Additional cylinders for decompression can be sling mounted at the diver's sides. Source: Internet

A systematic review in 2015 found that three methods of decompression have been used: simple decompression, insertion of a shunt; and removal of the sac. Source: Internet

A total of 320 compressed air workers were involved in 9018 pressure exposures in the four tunnel-boring machines. citation The project had a decompression sickness incidence of 0.14% with two workers having long-term residual symptoms. Source: Internet

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