Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The process of compacting or the state of being compacted.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of making or the state of being compact.
- n. A compact or an agreement.
Wiktionary
- n. The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of crushing
- n. an increase in the density of something
Etymologies
- From French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In Mexico, proper compaction is in the very infancy of technology.”
“Consequently, high and low moisture contents will result in poor compaction, which is synonymous with low density.”
“Gelderman said soil compaction occurs when soil particles are pushed together, reducing the soil pore spaces.”
“a 33% compaction, which is well will be a formula upgrade.”
“Hence, this is called 'compaction' to distinguish it from other forms of defragmentation.”
“This sediment is at least 10 km thick and the mass of it causes dewatering and compaction which is the cause of rising sea levels there.”
“As time goes by, artifacts such as compaction, methodology changes and wind-blown transports will accumulate in long-term data series.”
“Mel explains that 'compaction' is another method of defragmenting memory, "for example, lumpy reclaim is a form of defragmentation as was slub 'defragmentation”
“FlockFabric. com Such as washing properly, brushed clothes easy to deformation, contraction compaction.”
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