compactness

English

Etymology

compact +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

compactness (countable and uncountable, plural compactnesses)

1. The state of being compact.
   • 1959 June, “Southern Newsreel: Resignalling at Barnes and Brixton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306:

     The Barnes box is a Westinghouse installation and the control console is very similar in style and compactness to the same firm's equipment at St. Pancras.

Derived terms

• sequential compactness

Translations

state of being compact

• Arabic: اِكْتِنَاز m (iktināz), اِلْتِزَاز m (iltizāz), رَصَافَة f (raṣāfa), تَرَاصّ m (tarāṣṣ), تَضَامّ m (taḍāmm), تَدَمُّج m (tadammuj)
• Belarusian: кампа́ктнасць f (kampáktnascʹ)
• Czech: kompaktnost f, ucelenost f, pevnost (cs) f, semknutost f, masivnost f, hutnost f
• Danish: kompakthed c
• Dutch: compactheid (nl) f
• French: compacité (fr) f
• German: Kompaktheit f
• Occitan: compacitat f
• Punjabi: ਸੁੰਗੜਤਾ (suṅgṛatā)
• Russian: компа́ктность (ru) f (kompáktnostʹ)
• Spanish: compacidad (es) f
• Swedish: kompakthet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: компа́ктність (uk) f (kompáktnistʹ)