Meanings
nouncompactification (countable and uncountable, plural compactifications)
plural compactifications
- countableuncountablemathematicsAny of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
- countableuncountablemathematicsThe space resulting from any such procedure.
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesAny modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite.
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact.
Origin
Translations
Danish kompaktifikation, kompaktifikation
- kompaktifikationprocedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact
- kompaktifikationtopological space enlarged to become compact
Icelandic þjöppun
- þjöppuntopological space enlarged to become compact
Polish uzwarcenie, uzwarcenie
- uzwarcenieprocedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact
- uzwarcenietopological space enlarged to become compact
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