compactification en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English compact Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English compactification From compact + -ification.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
- (countable, uncountable) The space resulting from any such procedure.
- (countable, uncountable) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite.
- (countable, uncountable) The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| compactifications | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Wallman compactification · beta-compactification · Stone-Čech compactification · Freund-Rubin compactification · decompactification
Translations (5)
pl uzwarcenie (topological space enlarged to become compact) · pl uzwarcenie (procedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact) · da kompaktifikation (procedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact) · da kompaktifikation (topological space enlarged to become compact) · is þjöppun (topological space enlarged to become compact)