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Princeton's WordNet

  1. concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactnessnoun

    the spatial property of being crowded together

  2. compactnessnoun

    the consistency of a compact solid

Wiktionary

  1. compactnessnoun

    the state of being compact

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Compactnessnoun

    Firmness; closeness; density.

    Etymology: from compact.

    The rest, by reason of the compactness of terrestrial matter, cannot make its way to wells. John Woodward, Nat. History.

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  1. compactness

    In mathematics, primarily in topology, compactness is a property that generalizes the notion of a subset of Euclidean space being closed and bounded. A topological space or a set is called compact if it can be covered by a finite number of smaller sets from any given collection of open sets. Informally, if you can take every possible open cover of a set and find a finite subcover, then that set is compact.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Compactnessnoun

    the state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of compactness in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of compactness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of compactness in a Sentence

  1. Australian John Coates:

    The compactness of the Games has to be weighed up against the benefit of using existing venues, these changes do contemplate different cities and countries hosting the Games, and this is for reasons of sustainability.

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