Sekirov Dictionary

compact

/kəmˈpækt/

adjective 8
verb 3
/ˈkɑmˌpækt/ noun 4
forms 7

adjective8

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Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies — 1704
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
Brief and pithy; not verbose.
Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
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(no longer used) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
- Thou foolish Frier, and thou pernicious woman / Compact with her that's gone: — 1603
(no longer used) Agreed, contracted.
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(no longer used) Composed or made; with of.
- A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapor. — 1667

verb3

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To make more dense; to compress.
- You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. — 2014
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To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
- The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. — 1611
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To form an agreement or contract.
- In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature. — 2004

compact

UK /ˈkɒmˌpækt/US /ˈkɑmˌpækt/

noun4

An agreement or contract.
An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

forms

compacted · compacting · compacts · compacter · more compact · compactest · most compact

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