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compact

noun
/ˈkɒmˌpækt/UK/ˈkɑmˌpækt/US/kəmˈpækt/UK

Etymology

From Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).

  1. derived from *peh₂ǵ-✻
  2. derived from compāctus
  3. derived from compact

Definitions

  1. An agreement or contract.

  2. To form an agreement or contract.

    • In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature.

  3. Agreed, contracted.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Closely packed or densely constituted

      Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.

      • glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies

    2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.

      • a compact laptop computer

    3. Brief and pithy

      Brief and pithy; not verbose.

      • a compact discourse

    4. Of a topological space

      Of a topological space:

    5. Joined or held together

      Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

      • Thou fooliſh Frier, and thou pernicious woman / Compact with her that's gone:
      • a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together

    6. Composed or made

      Composed or made; with of.

      • A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapor.

    7. A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to…

      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.

    8. An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.

    9. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational…

      A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

      • The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.

    10. To make more dense

      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.

    11. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

      • The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.

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Derived

cocompact, compact audio cassette, compact camera, compact cassette, compact disc, compact disk, compact executive car, compact fluorescent lamp, compactification, compactify, compactin, compactization, compactly, compact neighbourhood, compactness, compacton, compact space, compact star, decompact, Hickson compact group, hypercompact, incompact, locally compact, locally compact group, massive compact halo object, metacompact, noncompact, paracompact, pseudocompact, quasi-compact, semicompact, supercompact, σ-compact, precompact, uncompact, minicompact, compactable, compactible, recompact

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compact. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at compact. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at compact

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA