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compactify

verb

Etymology

From compact + -ify.

derived from *peh₂ǵ-✻
derived from compāctus
derived from compact
suffixed as compactify — “compact + ify”

Definitions

To become compact or more compact.
To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
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1. To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time…
  To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

The neighborhood

Derived

compactifiable, decompactify, paracompactifying, uncompactified

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