compactify

verb

Etymology

From compact + -ify.

  1. derived from *peh₂ǵ-✻
  2. derived from compāctus
  3. derived from compact
  4. suffixed as compactify — “compact + ify”

Definitions

  1. To become compact or more compact.

  2. To render (a thing) compact or more compact.

  3. To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition
    1. To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time…

      To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

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