- a word derived from compact.
Example Sentences
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Yet often it is the compactness of Shakespeare’s writing that troubles translators.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Technologies like rooftop photovoltaics, vehicle-to-grid systems and AI-optimized resource flows do not depend on compactness.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
"The inclusion of ultra-fine nano additives significantly enhances the material by increasing density and compactness."
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
Intervening defendants in the lawsuit argued that the new district should focus more on compactness and shared interests and less on race.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023
Unlike the long-limbed, long bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dispensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
