Compactness

com·pact ¹  (km-pkt, km-, kmpkt)

adj.

1. Closely and firmly united or packed together; dense: compact clusters of flowers.

2. Occupying little space compared with others of its type: a compact camera; a compact car.

3. Brief and to the point; concise: a compact narration.

4. Marked by or having a short solid physique: a wrestler of compact build.

v. (km-pkt) com·pact·ed, com·pact·ing, com·pacts

v.tr.

1. To press or join firmly together: a kitchen device that compacted the trash.

2.

a. To make by pressing or joining together; compose.

b. To consolidate; combine.

v.intr.

To be capable of being pressed tightly together or to become so pressed: garbage that compacts easily.

n. (kmpkt)

1. A small case containing a mirror, pressed powder, and a powder puff.

2. An automobile that is bigger in size than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.

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[Middle English, from Latin compctus, past participle of compingere, to put together : com-, com- + pangere, to fasten; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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com·pactly adv.

com·pactness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	compactness - the spatial property of being crowded together concentration, denseness, density, tightness spatial arrangement, spacing - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
	2.	compactness - the consistency of a compact solid solidity, solidness - the consistency of a solid density, denseness - the amount per unit size