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ʃən, kɒm- noun
1.
the act of compacting or the state of being compacted.
2.
Geology. the consolidation of sediments resulting from the weight of overlying deposits.
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| compact1 | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | closely packed together; dense |
| 2. | neatly fitted into a restricted space |
| 3. | concise; brief |
| 4. | well constructed; solid; firm |
| 5. | ( |
| 6. | denoting a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been published in broadsheet form |
| 7. | logic (of a relation) having the property that for any pair of elements such that a is related to b, there is some element c such that a is related to c and c to b, as less than on the rational numbers |
| 8. | (US), (Canadian) (of a car) small and economical |
| —vb | |
| 9. | to pack or join closely together; compress; condense |
| 10. | ( |
| 11. | metallurgy to compress (a metal powder) to form a stable product suitable for sintering |
| —n | |
| 12. | a small flat case containing a mirror, face powder, etc, designed to be carried in a woman's handbag |
| 13. | (US), (Canadian) a comparatively small and economical car |
| 14. | metallurgy a mass of metal prepared for sintering by cold-pressing a metal powder |
| 15. | a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been publis hed in broadsheet form |
| [C16: from Latin compactus, from compingere to put together, from com- together + pangere to fasten] | |
| com'pacter1 | |
| —n | |
| com'paction1 | |
| —n | |
| com'pactly1 | |
| —adv | |
| com'pactness1 | |
| —n | |
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Compaction
is always a great word to know.
So is soil. Does it mean:
| rich soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand, silt and a smaller proportion of clay |
| portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus |
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Word Origin & History
compaction
late 14c., from O.Fr. compaction, from L. compactionem "a putting or joining together," noun of action from compingere (see compact (adj.)).
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| compaction (kəm-pāk'shən) Pronunciation Key
The process by which the porosity of a given form of sediment is decreased as a result of its mineral grains being squeezed together by the weight of overlying sediment or by mechanical means. |
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