Define the word compact"Compact" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Compact \Com"pact\ (k[o^]m"p[a^]kt), n. [L. compactum, fr.
compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement with; com-
+ pacisci to make an agreement. See Pact.]
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
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The law of nations depends on mutual compacts,
treaties, leagues, etc. --Blackstone.
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Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
--Macaulay.
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The federal constitution has been styled a compact
between the States by which it was ratified. --Wharton.
Syn: See Covenant.
[1913 Webster] compact disc
"Compact" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Compact \Com*pact"\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]kt"), p. p. & a. [L. compactus,
p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to
fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See Pact.]
1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.]
"Compact with her that's gone." --Shak.
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A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.
--Peacham.
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2. Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic]
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A wandering fire,
Compact of unctuous vapor. --Milton.
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3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid
bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
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Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.
--Sir I.
Newton.
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4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a
compact discourse.
Syn: Firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.
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"Compact" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
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Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
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2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
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The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16.
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"compact" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
compact
adj 1: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact
soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" [ant: loose]
2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn: dense, thick]
3: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn: heavyset,
stocky, thick, thickset]
4: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and
compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy";
"succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a
wide-ranging subject" [syn: compendious, succinct, summary]
n 1: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a
woman's purse [syn: powder compact]
2: a signed written agreement between two or more parties
(nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, concordat]
3: a small and economical car [syn: compact car]
v 1: have the property of being packable or compactable or of
compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such
odd-shaped items do not pack well" [syn: pack]
2: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack,
bundle, wad]
3: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn: compress, pack together] [ant: decompress]
4: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, contract, press]
"compact" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
313 Moby Thesaurus words for "compact":
Spartan, abbreviate, abbreviated, abridged, agree, agree to,
agreement, airtight, ammunition box, aphoristic, aposiopestic, ark,
attache case, baby, baby-sized, bandolier, bantam, banty, bargain,
bargain for, base, billfold, bin, bond, boot, box, brief,
briefcase, bristling, brusque, bunched, bunker, caisson, canister,
capsula, capsule, cardcase, carton, casket, cedar chest, chest,
cigarette case, circumscribe, cist, clamped, clipped, close,
close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, clown white, coarct,
coffer, coffin, coincident, cold cream, combine, compact,
compacted, compendious, comprehensive, compress, compressed,
concentrate, concentrated, concise, concrete, concurrent, condense,
condensed, cone, congest, congested, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct,
consolidate, consolidated, consortium, constrict, constricted,
constringe, contract, contracted, convention,
cordial understanding, corporate, cosmetics, covenant, cram,
crammed, crammed full, cramp, cramped, crate, crawling, crib,
crisp, crowd, crowded, curt, curtail, curtal, curtate, cut,
decrease, decurtate, dense, densen, densify, diminutive,
dispatch box, do a deal, docked, draw, draw in, draw together,
drugstore complexion, duodecimo, dustproof, dusttight, elliptic,
engage, entente, entente cordiale, envelope, epigrammatic, etui,
eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, fast, file, file folder, filing box,
firm, folio, foundation, foundation cream, full, gasproof,
gastight, gluey, gnomic, greasepaint, hand cream, hand lotion,
handy, hard, heavy, hermetic, hermetically sealed, holster,
hope chest, housewife, hussy, hutch, impenetrable, impermeable,
inclusive, instantaneous, integrate, jam, jam-packed, jammed,
joined, joint, kit, knit, knitted, laconic, letter file,
lightproof, lighttight, lip rouge, lipstick, little, low,
make a deal, makeup, mascara, massive, meaty, miniature,
miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minuscule, monstrance, mudpack,
mutual understanding, nail polish, narrow, nipped, nonporous,
oilproof, oiltight, ostensorium, packed, packet, packing case,
pact, paint, pillbox, pinched, pinched-in, pithy, pocket,
pocket-sized, pod, pointed, pony, populous, portfolio, powder,
powder box, powder puff, press, promise, pruned, pucker, pucker up,
puckered, puff, purse, pursed, quiver, rack, rainproof, raintight,
ram down, reduce, reliquary, reserved, rouge, sarcophagus,
scabbard, sealed, sententious, serried, set, sheath, short,
short and sweet, shorten, shortened, shut fast, skippet, small,
small-scale, smokeproof, smoketight, snuffbox, snug, socket, solid,
solidified, solidify, spectacle case, squeeze, squeezed, staunch,
stipulate, stormproof, stormtight, strangle, strangled,
strangulate, strangulated, subminiature, substantial, succinct,
summary, swarming, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn, talcum,
talcum powder, tea chest, teeming, terse, thick, thick-growing,
thickset, tight, till, tinderbox, to the point, toy, transaction,
transient, truncated, twelvemo, understanding, undertake, unite,
vanishing cream, vanity case, vasculum, vest-pocket, viscid,
viscose, viscous, wallet, war paint, wasp-waisted, water-repellant,
waterproof, watertight, windproof, windtight, wrinkle, wrinkled
"compact" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
compact adj. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can
all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing
created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer
errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not
imply triviality or lack of power; for example, C is compact and FORTRAN
is not, but C is more powerful than FORTRAN. Designs become non-compact
through accreting features and cruft that don't merge cleanly into
the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of Classic C maintain that
ANSI C is no longer compact).
"compact" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
compact
1. (Or "finite", "isolated") In domain theory, an element d
of a cpo D is compact if and only if, for any chain S, a
subset of D,
d <= lub S => there exists s in S such that d <= s.
I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of
steps up the chain.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
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(1995-01-13)
2. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can
all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally
means the thing created from the design can be used with
greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that
is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality or lack
of power; for example, C is compact and Fortran is not,
but C is more powerful than Fortran. Designs become
non-compact through accreting features and cruft that
don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some
fans of Classic C maintain that ANSI C is no longer
compact).
(1995-01-13)
"COMPACT" bouvier "Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)"
COMPACT, contracts. In its more general sense, it signifies an agreement. In
its strict sense, it imports a contract between parties, which creates
obligations and rights capable of being enforced, and contemplated as such
between the parties, in their distinct and independent characters. Story,
Const. B. 3, c. 3; Rutherf. Inst. B. 2, c. 6, Sec. 1. 2. The constitution of
the United States declares that "no state shall, without the consent of
congress, enter into agreement or compact with another state, or with a
foreign power." See 11 Pet: 1; 8 Wheat. 1 Bald. R. 60; 11 Pet. 185.
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