English Explanatory Dictionary

compactify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become compact or more compact.
  2. To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
  3. To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
  4. To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

compactify compactifies compactifying compactified

Etymology

From compact + -ify.

Derived words

compactifiable decompactify paracompactifying uncompactified
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