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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mechanics">mechanics</a>, <b>compression</b> is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") <a href="page.php?w=force">force</a>s to different points on a material or <a href="page.php?w=Structural_system">structure</a>, that is, forces with no <a href="page.php?w=Net_force">net sum</a> or <a href="page.php?w=torque">torque</a> directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions. It is contrasted with <a href="page.php?w=tension_%28physics%29">tension</a> or traction, the application of balanced outward ("pulling")</p><p>
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