meaning of compact
1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
2. Composed or made; -- with of.
3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
5. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
6. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
7. An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
8. 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. [Jargon File]
9. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a womans purse
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