compact
IPA: kˈɑmpækt
noun
- An agreement or contract.
- 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.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
verb
- (intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.
- (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
- To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
adjective
- Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- (topology, not comparable, of a set in a topological space) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover. In a Euclidean space this is equivalent to a Closed and bounded set.
- Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
- (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
- (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
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Examples of "compact" in Sentences
- The room was compact with people.
- Below is the full text of the Compact.
- The more compact and concise, the better.
- The liner is foldable for compact storage.
- The people looked at the condensed compact.
- The lettering is small, compact and cohesive.
- Most of these materials are compact and impermeable.
- Clarke is one of the signers of the Portsmouth Compact.
- But the course of the war made this compact inoperative.
- The article is satisfactorily informative and very compact.