compactify

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verb

To become compact or more compact.

OriginProto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English compact →
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Meanings

verbcompactify (third-person singular simple present compactifies, present participle compactifying, simple past and past participle compactified)

present singular third person compactifies · participle present compactifying · participle past compactified · past compactified

  1. humorousintransitiveTo become compact or more compact.
  2. humoroustransitiveTo render (a thing) compact or more compact.
  3. transitivemathematicsTo enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
  4. transitivenatural sciencesTo adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
compresscondensepresssquishwring

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchcompact
  2. Englishcompact
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Italic*θakos
  5. Englishcompactify

From compact + -ify.

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APA

compactify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compactify

MLA

“compactify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compactify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compactify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compactify.

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