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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compactification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
com-pact-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The space resulting from any such procedure.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English compact Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English compactification From compact + -ification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

compactifications (plural)

Derived Forms

decompactification

Phrases

beta-compactification Freund-Rubin compactification Stone-Čech compactification Wallman compactification

Questions

What does compactification mean?
Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
Where does compactification come from?
Etymology tree English compact Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English compactification From compact + -ification.

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