compact
noun
- 1
An agreement or contract.
noun
- 1
A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.
- 2
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
verb
- 1
To make more dense; to compress.
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To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
adjective
- 1
Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
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Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
“a compact laptop computer”
- 3
(of a set in an Euclidean space) 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.”
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(of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
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Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
“a compact discourse”
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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
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Composed or made; with of.
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