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compaction
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compaction
n.
process of compacting, compressing, condensing; state of being compacted
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Compaction
Compaction may refer to:
- Soil compaction, for mechanically induced compaction near the ground surface
- Compaction (geology), part of the process of lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a sediment by progressive loading under several km of geomaterial
- Waste compaction, related to garbage
- Cold compaction, powder compaction at low temperatures
- Data compaction, related to computers
- Compactor, a device that performs compaction
- Compaction, a cellular differentiation process during early embryogenesis, which occurs during the cleavage stage of human embryogenesis
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compaction
Noun
1. an increase in the density of something
(synonym) compression, concretion, densification
(hypernym) concentration
(derivation) compact, pack
2. the act of crushing
(synonym) crush, crunch
(hypernym) compression, compressing
(hyponym) grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation
(derivation) compress, compact, pack together
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Compaction
(n.)
The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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compaction
See data compaction.
