compactness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English compact Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English compactness From compact + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being compact.
The Barnes box is a Westinghouse installation and the control console is very similar in style and compactness to the same firm's equipment at St. Pancras.
1959 June, “Southern Newsreel: Resignalling at Barnes and Brixton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| compactnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sequential compactness · pseudocompactness · noncompactness
Translations (23)
cs ucelenost (state of being compact) · oc compacitat (state of being compact) · ar رَصَافَة (state of being compact) · sv kompakthet (state of being compact) · es compacidad (state of being compact) · cs pevnost (state of being compact) · ar تَدَمُّج (state of being compact) · ar تَرَاصّ (state of being compact) · ar تَضَامّ (state of being compact) · cs semknutost (state of being compact) · ar اِلْتِزَاز (state of being compact) · cs hutnost (state of being compact) · be кампа́ктнасць (state of being compact) · pa ਸੁੰਗੜਤਾ (state of being compact) · ru компа́ктность (state of being compact) · uk компа́ктність (state of being compact) · cs kompaktnost (state of being compact) · ar اِكْتِنَاز (state of being compact) · fr compacité (state of being compact) · de Kompaktheit (state of being compact) · nl compactheid (state of being compact) · cs masivnost (state of being compact) · da kompakthed (state of being compact)