compact

Pronunciation

 * Noun:
 * Adjective:
 * Verb:
 * Adjective:
 * Verb:
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Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) An agreement or contract.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: συνθήκη
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Latin: compectum
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To form an agreement or contract.

Etymology 2
From, from , perfect passive participle of , from + , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
 * 2) Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
 * 3)   Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
 * 4)   Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
 * 5) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
 * 6)  Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
 * 7)  Composed or made; with of.
 * 1)   Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
 * 2) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
 * 3)  Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
 * 4)  Composed or made; with of.
 * 1)  Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
 * 2)  Composed or made; with of.
 * 1)  Composed or made; with of.
 * 1)  Composed or made; with of.

Usage notes
The two mathematical senses are favoured by different mathematicians and in different branches of mathematics. Mathematicians who use compact to mean use the term quasi-compact to refer to ; this usage is particularly common in algebraic geometry.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 緊湊的
 * Czech: kompaktní
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: compacto
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: εὐπαγής
 * Hebrew: דחוס
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: dlúth
 * Italian:
 * Maori: raungaiti, kiato
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol: mazèz
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: cumpàttu
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: компа́ктний


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: compacto
 * Greek: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: cumpàttu
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: компа́ктний


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 緊|緊的, 緊致的
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Galician: compacto
 * German:
 * Greek: συμπεπιεσμένος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: þjappað
 * Kazakh:
 * Polish:, zwarta
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Esperanto:

Noun



 * 1) 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.
 * 2) An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
 * 3) A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

Translations

 * Czech: pudřenka
 * Danish: pudderdåse
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Manx: kishtey poodyr
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: hộp phấn trang điểm

Verb

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

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:compress

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: compactificeren,
 * Galician: compactar
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: comhdhlúthaigh, dlúthaigh
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakakiato
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Adjective

 * 1) compact, dense
 * 2) compact

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * , dense

Noun

 * 1) compact disc
 * 2) music center, music centre
 * 3) compact camera
 * 1) compact camera

Etymology
, from.