compactification

noun

Etymology

From compact + -ification.

  1. derived from *peh₂ǵ-
  2. derived from compāctus
  3. derived from compact
  4. suffixed as compactification — “compact + ification

Definitions

  1. Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.

  2. The space resulting from any such procedure.

  3. Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. 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.

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