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CompactCompact Com*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16. CompactCompact Com"pact, n. [L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p.
compactus, to make an agreement with; com- + pacisci to make
an agreement. See Pact.]
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
The law of nations depends on mutual compacts,
treaties, leagues, etc. --Blackstone.
Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
--Macaulay.
The federal constitution has been styled a compact
between the States by which it was ratified. --Wharton.
Syn: See Covenant. Compacted
Compacted Com*pact"ed, a.
Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.
CompactedCompact Com*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16. Compactedly
Compactedly Com*pact"ed*ly, adv.
In a compact manner.
Compactedness
Compactedness Com*pact"ed*ness, n.
A state of being compact.
Compacter
Compacter Com*pact"er, n.
One who makes a compact.
Compactible
Compactible Com*pact"i*ble, a.
That may be compacted.
CompactingCompact Com*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16. Compaction
Compaction Com*pac"tion, n. [L. compactio.]
The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
Compactly
Compactly Com*pact"ly, adv.
In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely;
tersely.
Compactness
Compactness Com*pact"ness, n.
The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts;
density.
Compacture
Compacture Com*pac"ture (?; 135), n. [L. compactura.]
Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining;
construction. [Obs.] ``With comely compass and compacture
strong.' --Spenser.
Impact
Impact Im"pact, n.
1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible
contact; force communicated.
The quarrel, by that impact driven. --Southey.
2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in
motion against another either in motion or at rest.
ImpactImpact Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
strike against. See Impinge.]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
place. --Woodward. ImpactedImpacted Im*pact"ed, a.
Driven together or close.
Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the
fragments are driven into each other so as to be
immovable. ImpactedImpact Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
strike against. See Impinge.]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
place. --Woodward. Impacted fractureImpacted Im*pact"ed, a.
Driven together or close.
Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the
fragments are driven into each other so as to be
immovable. ImpactingImpact Im*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
strike against. See Impinge.]
To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
place. --Woodward. Impaction
Impaction Im*pac"tion, n. [L. impactio a striking : cf. F.
impaction.]
1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another
so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as,
impaction of the skull or of the hip.
2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a
strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal
head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or
feces in the intestines of man or beast.
Incompact
Incompact In`com*pact", Incompacted In`com*pact"ed, a.
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid;
incoherent; loose; discrete. --Boyle.
Incompacted
Incompact In`com*pact", Incompacted In`com*pact"ed, a.
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid;
incoherent; loose; discrete. --Boyle.
Recompact
Recompact Re`com*pact" (-p?kt"), v. t.
To compact or join anew. ``Recompact my scattered body.'
--Donne.
Semicompact
Semicompact Sem`i*com*pact", a.
Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
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