compact

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/kəmˈpækt/ English

Definitions

noun

An agreement or contract.

noun

A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

verb

To make more dense; to compress.
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

adjective

Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.“a compact laptop computer”
(of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.“A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.”
(of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.

Related words

Synonyms

agreement contract pact treaty compress condense concentrated crowded dense serried solid thick tight covenant consolidated compendious summary concise

Associated

mpv discs disc suv manifold torus abelian riemann cassette fluorescent subgroup topology

Rhymes

abstract impact act contract enact contact counteract extract exact artifact

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