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1. (adj.) compact
joined or packed together; dense; solid:
compact soil.
2. compact
arranged within a relatively small space:
a compact kitchen.
3. compact
designed to be small in size and economical in operation.
4. compact
solidly or firmly built:
a compact physique.
5. compact
expressed concisely; terse:
a compact review of the news.
6. compact
composed or made (usu. fol. by of):
a book compact of form and content.
7. (v.t.) compact
to join or pack closely together; condense.
8. compact
to form or make by close union or conjunction; compose.
9. compact
to crush or compress into a tight, solid form:
to compact rubbish.
10. (n.) compact
a small case containing a mirror, face powder, and sometimes rouge.
11. compact
an automobile larger than a subcompact but smaller than a midsize car.
12. (n.) compact
a formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.; contract.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L compactum,compectum <compactus,compacīscī to make an agreement <com-+pacīscī to secure by negotiation, akin to pāxpeace)
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| Definition of 'COMPACT' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) compact, powder compact
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
2. (noun) covenant, compact, concordat
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
3. (adj) compact, compact car
a small and economical car
4. (adj) compact
closely and firmly united or packed together
"compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
5. (adj) compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
6. (verb) compendious, compact, succinct, summary
briefly giving the gist of something
"a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
7. (verb) compact, pack
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
"This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
8. (verb) pack, bundle, wad, compact
compress into a wad
"wad paper into the box"
9. (verb) compress, compact, pack together
make more compact by or as if by pressing
"compress the data"
10. (verb) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
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1. (adjective) compact
smaller than average
a compact car
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| Definition of 'COMPACT' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) COMPACT
an agreement between parties; a covenant or contract
2. COMPACT
joined or held together; leagued; confederated
3. COMPACT
composed or made; -- with of
4. COMPACT
closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense
5. COMPACT
brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse
6. (verb) COMPACT
to thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body
7. (verb) COMPACT
to unite or connect firmly, as in a system
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| Definitions of 'COMPACT' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. COMPACT
Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be
apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created
from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an
equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality
or lack of power; for example, C is compact and FORTRAN is not, but C is
more powerful than FORTRAN. Designs become non-compact through accreting
features and cruft that don't
merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of
Classic C maintain that ANSI C is no longer
compact).
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Sense: fitted neatly together in a small space
Our new house is very compact.
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 Afrikaans: kompak |
 Arabic: مُكْتَنِز، مُتَضام، مَضْغ |
 Bulgarian: компактен |
 Brazilian: compacto |
 Czech: kompaktní |
 German: kompakt |
 Danish: kompakt; tætbygget |
 Greek: συμπαγής, μικρός |
 Spanish: compacto |
 Estonian: kompaktne |
 Farsi: متراکم؛ جمع و جور |
 Finnish: pienikokoinen |
 French: compact |
 Hebrew: קוֹמפַּקטִי |
 Hindi: गठा हुआ |
 Croatian: zbijen, kompaktan, jezgro |
 Hungarian: tömör, kompakt |
 Indonesian: padat |
 Icelandic: samanþjappaður |
 Italian: compatto |
 Japanese: 小さく整った |
 Korean: 빽빽한 |
 Lithuanian: kompaktiškas |
 Latvian: kompakts; blīvs |
 Malay: padat |
 Dutch: compact |
 Norwegian: kompakt |
 Polish: zwarty |
 Persian: متراکم؛ جمع و جور |
 Pashto: تړون،موافقه، جوړه |
 Portuguese: bem aproveitado |
 Romanian: înghesuit |
 Russian: компактный |
 Slovak: kompaktný |
 Slovenian: zbit, strnjen |
 Serbian: zbijen |
 Swedish: kompakt |
 Thai: ที่อัดแน่น |
 Turkish: ufak ve derli toplu; küçü |
 Taiwanese: 小巧的 |
 Ukrainian: компактний, малогабаритни |
 Urdu: ٹھیک پیوست کیا ہوا |
 Vietnamese: chật ních |
 Chinese: 小巧的，紧凑的 |
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