compact
1arranged within a relatively small space: a compact shopping center;a compact kitchen.
designed to be small in size and economical in operation.
solidly or firmly built: the compact body of a lightweight wrestler.
composed or made (usually followed by of): a book compact of form and content.
Also 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.
to join or pack closely together; consolidate; condense.
to make firm or stable.
to form or make by close union or conjunction; make up or compose.
Metallurgy. to compress (metallic or metallic and nonmetallic powders) in a die to be sintered.
to crush into compact form for convenient disposal or for storage until disposal: to compact rubbish.
a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
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).
Metallurgy. (in powder metallurgy) an object to be sintered formed of metallic or of metallic and nonmetallic powders compressed in a die.
Origin of compact
1Other words for compact
Other words from compact
- com·pact·ed·ly, adverb
- com·pact·ed·ness, noun
- com·pact·ly, adverb
- com·pact·ness, noun
- un·com·pact·ed, adjective
- well-com·pact·ed, adjective
Other definitions for compact (2 of 2)
a formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.; contract: the proposed economic compact between Germany and France.
Origin of compact
2synonym study For compact
Other words for compact
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How to use compact in a sentence
One method of doing this is to allow the drops to fall into a shallow layer of fine, uncompacted flour.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh TalmanAt this stage, most of the water flowed through the still uncompacted structure, leaving work on the top unimpeded.
The House in the Water | Charles G. D. Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for compact (1 of 2)
closely packed together; dense
neatly fitted into a restricted space
concise; brief
well constructed; solid; firm
(foll by of) composed or made up (of)
denoting a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been published in broadsheet form
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
US and Canadian (of a car) small and economical
to pack or join closely together; compress; condense
(foll by of) to create or form by pressing together: sediment compacted of three types of clay
metallurgy to compress (a metal powder) to form a stable product suitable for sintering
a small flat case containing a mirror, face powder, etc, designed to be carried in a woman's handbag
US and Canadian a comparatively small and economical car
metallurgy a mass of metal prepared for sintering by cold-pressing a metal powder
a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been publis hed in broadsheet form
Origin of compact
1Derived forms of compact
- compacter, noun
- compaction, noun
- compactly, adverb
- compactness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for compact (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒmpækt) /
an official contract or agreement
Origin of compact
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