compactification
nounEtymology
From compact + -ification.
Definitions
Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
The space resulting from any such procedure.
Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite.
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The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making…
The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for compactification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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