Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compactify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pact-i-fy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become compact or more compact.

Humorous; Intransitive verb

verb

To render (a thing) compact or more compact.

Humorous; Transitive verb

verb

To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.

Transitive verb

verb

To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English compact Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English compactify From compact + -ify.

Usage

Inflected Forms

compactifies (present, singular) compactifying (participle, present) compactified (participle, past) compactified (past)

Derived Forms

compactifiable decompactify paracompactifying uncompactified

Questions

What does compactify mean?: To become compact or more compact.
Where does compactify come from?: Etymology tree English compact Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English compactify From compact + -ify.

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