compactness

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noun

The state of being compact.

Similar
concentrationdensitydensenesstightness
OriginEnglish compact ← Middle French compact →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nouncompactness (countable and uncountable, plural compactnesses)

plural compactnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being compact.

    The Barnes box is a Westinghouse installation and the control console is very similar in style and compactness to the same firm's equipment at St. Pancras.

    1959 June, “Southern Newsreel: Resignalling at Barnes and Brixton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe spatial property of being crowded together

Similar
concentrationdensitydensenesstightness
Broader
spacingspatial arrangement
Also see
concentrationdensenessdensitysoliditytightness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchcompact
  2. Englishcompact
  3. Englishcompactness

From compact + -ness.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic اِكْتِنَاز, اِلْتِزَاز
  • اِكْتِنَاز (iktināz)state of being compact
  • اِلْتِزَاز (iltizāz)state of being compact
  • رَصَافَة (raṣāfa)state of being compact
  • تَرَاصّ (tarāṣṣ)state of being compact
  • تَضَامّ (taḍāmm)state of being compact
  • تَدَمُّج (tadammuj)state of being compact
Czech kompaktnost, ucelenost
  • kompaktnoststate of being compact
  • ucelenoststate of being compact
  • pevnoststate of being compact
  • semknutoststate of being compact
  • masivnoststate of being compact
  • hutnoststate of being compact
Danish kompakthed
  • kompakthedstate of being compact
Dutch compactheid
  • compactheidstate of being compact
French compacité
  • compacitéstate of being compact
German Kompaktheit
  • Kompaktheitstate of being compact
Punjabi ਸੁੰਗੜਤਾ
  • ਸੁੰਗੜਤਾ (suṅgṛatā)state of being compact
Russian компа́ктность
  • компа́ктность (kompáktnostʹ)state of being compact
Spanish compacidad
  • compacidadstate of being compact
Swedish kompakthet
  • kompakthetstate of being compact
Ukrainian компа́ктність
  • компа́ктність (kompáktnistʹ)state of being compact
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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