compaction
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /kəmˈpækʃən/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛkʃən/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]compaction (countable and uncountable, plural compactions)
- The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480:
- At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]process of compacting
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