compaction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /kəmˈpɛkʃən/ (New-Zealand)
- /kəmˈpækʃən/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.
2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| compactions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hypercompaction · autocompaction · decompaction · context compaction · noncompaction · compactional · supercompaction · precompaction · recompaction · vibrocompaction
Translations (6)
ja 圧密 (process of compacting) · nn kompaktering (process of compacting) · nb kompaktering (process of compacting) · es compactación (process of compacting) · ca compactació (process of compacting) · cmn 壓實 /压实 (process of compacting)