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Definition of Compactness
1. Noun. The spatial property of being crowded together.
Generic synonyms: Spacing, Spatial Arrangement
Derivative terms: Concentrate, Dense, Dense, Tight
Antonyms: Distribution
2. Noun. The consistency of a compact solid.
Specialized synonyms: Denseness, Density
Derivative terms: Compact
Definition of Compactness
1. n. The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
Definition of Compactness
1. Noun. the state of being compact ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compactness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Compactness
Literary usage of Compactness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"True and false compactness. — Comparison of the two types of plan. SOMEWHAT opposed
to spaciousness, but only in appearance and by way of contrast, ..."
2. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"The examination of the external appearance of the fuel, its porosity or compactness,
its fracture, the size and shape of the pieces composing it. 2. ..."
3. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1890)
"Brevity and compactness, which are sought as a means of energy or strength, are
unfavourable to simplicity. This was well understood by the ancients. ..."
4. The Writing of English by John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert (1920)
"compactness A well-built sentence is one in which every word is needed exactly
... The essential qualities here suggested are compactness and clearness. ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Yet Mr. FitzGerald's style in the finest passages of this great torso has a
weight, a compactness and a picturesqueness, to find the proper parallel for ..."
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