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1.
joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
2.
arranged within a relatively small space: a compact shopping center; a compact kitchen.
3.
designed to be small in size and economical in operation.
4.
solidly or firmly built: the compact body of a lightweight wrestler.
5.
EXPANDexpressed concisely; pithy; terse; not diffuse: a compact review of the week's news.
6.
composed or made (usually followed by of): a book compact of form and content.
7.
COLLAPSEAlso, bicompact. Mathematics. (of a set) having the property that in any collection of open sets whose union contains the given set there exists a finite number of open sets whose union contains the given set; having the property that every open cover has a finite subcover.
verb (used with object)
8.
to join or pack closely together; consolidate; condense.
9.
to make firm or stable.
10.
to form or make by close union or conjunction; make up or compose.
11.
Metallurgy. to compress (metallic or metallic and nonmetallic powders) in a die to be sintered.
12.
to crush into compact form for convenient disposal or for storage until disposal: to compact rubbish.
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Compactly
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noun
13.
a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
14.
Also called compact car. an automobile that is smaller than an intermediate but larger than a subcompact and generally has a combined passenger and luggage volume of 100–110 cu. ft. (2.8–3.1 m3).
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Metallurgy. (in powder metallurgy) an object to be sintered formed of metallic or of metallic and nonmetallic powders compressed in a die.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin compāctus (past participle of compingere to shut away, bind together), equivalent to com- com- + pag-, variant stem of pangere to fix, arrange (akin to pāx peace; compare pact, compact2) + -tus past participle suffix
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin compāctus (past participle of compingere to shut away, bind together), equivalent to com- com- + pag-, variant stem of pangere to fix, arrange (akin to pāx peace; compare pact, compact2) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
com·pact·ed·ly, adverb
com·pact·ed·ness, noun
com·pact·ly, adverb
com·pact·ness, noun
un·com·pact·ed, adjective
EXPANDwell-com·pact·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. small, snug. 5. concise, succinct, brief. 8. compress. 9. stabilize, solidify.
2. small, snug. 5. concise, succinct, brief. 8. compress. 9. stabilize, solidify.
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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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compact
"agreement," 1591, from L. compactum, pp. of compacisci "come to agreement," from com- "together" + pacisci "to covenant, contract" (see pact).
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