white compression

[′wīt kəm‚presh·ən]

(communications)

In facsimile or television the reduction in picture-signal gain at levels corresponding to light areas, with respect to the gain at the level for midrange light values; the overall effect of white compression is to reduce contrast in the highlights of the picture.

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Milos Raonic is planning to wear white compression leggings to protect in his injured right knee in his first round match against British wildcard Liam Broady on Monday.

Milos Raonic to wear LEGGINGS for Wimbledon 2018 first round clash with Liam Broady; The 2016 Wimbledon finalist has suffered an injury-jinxed year and pulled out of the French Open with the knee problem

Too bad I will be wearing knee-high white compression socks and my hin'end will be hanging out the back of my nighty - and that's before the breeze reveals my best pair of "Bridget Jones's".

Time for me to get back under the knife; COLUMNIST

But the athlete, famous for wearing long white compression socks, has battled against injuries in the past.

Even trouble at treadmill won't stop Jo ven trouble won't stop Jo; Supermum Jo Pavey tells MARION MCMULLEN how her battles against injury have made her a better runner fit for fame

"In some ways, these were the best weeks of my life," the 81-year-old Van Steenbergen said Thursday, reclining in a bed at the Oregon Rehabilitation Center at Sacred Heart Medical Center, both legs wrapped in white compression stockings.