Compactible vs. Compact
Compactible vs. Compact
Test how “Compactible” and “Compact” look in your own writing.
Compactible
Term ACapable of being compacted.
That may be compacted.
Compact
Term BAn 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.
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
Example: ‘a compact laptop computer’;
Closed and bounded.
Example: ‘A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.’;
Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
Example: ‘a compact discourse’;
(obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
(obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
Example: ‘A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.’;
Composed or made; - with of.
Example: ‘A wandering fire,Compact of unctuous vapor.’;
Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
Example: ‘Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.’;
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; - as the parts which compose a body.
Example: ‘Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.’;
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
Example: ‘The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.’;
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
Example: ‘The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc.’; ‘Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.’; ‘The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified.’;
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
a small and economical car
have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;
Example: ‘This powder compacts easily’; ‘Such odd-shaped items do not pack well’;
compress into a wad;
Example: ‘wad paper into the box’;
make more compact by or as if by pressing;
Example: ‘compress the data’;
squeeze or press together;
Example: ‘she compressed her lips’; ‘the spasm contracted the muscle’;
closely and firmly united or packed together;
Example: ‘compact soil’; ‘compact clusters of flowers’;
closely crowded together;
Example: ‘a compact shopping center’; ‘a dense population’; ‘thick crowds’;
heavy and compact in form or stature;
Example: ‘a wrestler of compact build’; ‘he was tall and heavyset’; ‘stocky legs’; ‘a thick middle-aged man’; ‘a thickset young man’;
briefly giving the gist of something;
Example: ‘a short and compendious book’; ‘a compact style is brief and pithy’; ‘succinct comparisons’; ‘a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject’;
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