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compactness

UK
/kəmˈpækt.nəs/
US
/kəmˈpækt.nəs/

Translations

compactnessnoun
compactnesses
pl
The compactness of the city made it easy to walk from one end to the other.
La compacité de la ville permettait de se rendre facilement d’un bout à l’autre à pied.
The compactness of the report made it easy to understand the key points quickly.
La concision du rapport a permis de comprendre rapidement les points essentiels.
compacitéMathématiques, topologie.
In topology, compactness is an important property that helps in understanding the behavior of functions.
En topologie, la compacité est une propriété importante qui aide à comprendre le comportement des fonctions.
Synonyms
concision
brevity
compactness
density
tightness
compactnessadjective
UK
/kəmˈpækt.nəs/
US
/kəmˈpækt.nəs/
Used attributively before another noun, e.g. “compactness score”.
Additional translations
compacitéEmploi technique attributif.

Definitions

compactnessnoun
The quality or state of being closely packed together; density.
The compactness of the city made it easy to walk from one end to the other.
The quality of being concise and succinct in expression.
The compactness of the report made it easy to understand the key points quickly.
The property of a space in mathematics where every open cover has a finite subcover.
In topology, compactness is an important property that helps in understanding the behavior of functions.
compactnessadjective
Relating to or denoting a measure, quality, or degree of compactness (used attributively).
The engineer calculated the compactness ratio of the packing arrangement.
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