compact

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.3 Verb 1.3.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • (nouns): IPA: /ˈkɒmpækt/, SAMPA: /"kQmp{kt/
  • (adjective): as the noun or verb
  • (verb): IPA: /kəmˈpækt/, SAMPA: /k@m"p{kt/
• (Canadian) IPA: /ˈkʌmpækt/, SAMPA: /"kVmp{kt/ or IPA: /kəmˈpækt/, SAMPA: /k@m"p{kt/

  Rhymes: -ækt

[edit] Etymology 1

Latin compactum.

[edit] Noun

compact (plural compacts)

1. An agreement or contract.

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• agreement, contract, pact, treaty

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[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English, from Latin compactus, past participle of compingere, to join together, from com- (“‘together’”) + pangere (“‘to fasten’”), from Proto-Indo-European *pag- (“‘to fasten’”).

[edit] Adjective

compact (comparative more compact, superlative most compact)

1. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
3. (mathematics) (of a set) 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.

4. (topology) Such that every exhaustion of it by (overlapping) open balls has the property that some finitely many of those balls will also cover it.

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• (closely packed): concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tight

[edit] Derived terms

• compact car
• compact disc

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[edit] Noun

compact (plural compacts)

1. A small folding mirror containing powder that fits into a woman's purse or handbag.

[edit] Verb

to compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)

1. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

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• (make more dense): compress, condense

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• Alphagram: accmopt
• accompt

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Adjective

compact, compacte (comparative compacter, compactere; no superlative)

1. compact (closely packed), dense
2. compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)

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[edit] French

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compact m. (f. compacte, m. plural compacts, f. plural compactes)

1. compact (closely packed), dense
2. compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)

[edit] Noun

compact m. (plural compacts)

1. compact disc
2. music center (US), music centre (UK)
3. compact camera

[edit] Synonyms

• (compact disc): Compact Disc, disque compact