compactness

com·pact ¹

 (kəm-păkt′, kŏm-, kŏm′păkt′)

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. (kəm-păkt′) 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. (kŏm′păkt′)

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 a midsize car.

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

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com·pact′ly adv.

com·pact′ness n.

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com·pact ²

 (kŏm′păkt′)

n.

An agreement or a covenant. See Synonyms at agreement.

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[Latin compactum, neuter past participle of compacīscī, to make an agreement : com-, com- + pacīscī, to agree; see pact.]

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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

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compactness

noun

The quality, condition, or degree of being thick:

density, solidity, thickness.

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Translations

compattezza

компактность

compactness

[kəmˈpæktnɪs] N [of house, room] → compacidad f; [of style] → concisión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

compactness

[kəmˈpæktnɪs] n → compacité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

compactness

n → Kompaktheit f; (of style also) → Gedrängtheit f; (of print) → Dichte f, → Enge f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

compactness

[kəmˈpæktnɪs] n → compattezza

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