compactness

English

Etymology

From 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

• noncompactness
• pseudocompactness
• 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)