compact : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: compact	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for compact
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compact adj closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" Antonym(s): loose having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" Synonym(s): compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject" Synonym(s): compendious, compact, succinct, summary n a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse Synonym(s): compact, powder compact a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action Synonym(s): covenant, compact, concordat a small and economical car Synonym(s): compact, compact car v have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" Synonym(s): compact, pack compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" Synonym(s): pack, bundle, wad, compact make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" Synonym(s): compress, compact, pack together Antonym(s): decompress, uncompress squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" Synonym(s): compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compact \Compact"\ (k[ocr]mp[acr]kt"), p. p. & a [L. compactus, p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See {Pact}.] 1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.] [bd]Compact with her that's gone.[b8] --Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. --Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic] A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. --Milton. 3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense. Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies. --Sir I. Newton. 4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse. Syn: Firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compact \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compact \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}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
compact adj. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality or lack of power; for example, C is compact and FORTRAN is not, but C is more powerful than FORTRAN. Designs become non-compact through accreting {feature}s and {cruft} that don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of {Classic C} maintain that ANSI C is no longer compact).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
compact 1. (Or "finite", "isolated") In {domain theory}, an element d of a {cpo} D is compact if and only if, for any {chain} S, a subset of D, d <= lub S => there exists s in S such that d <= s. I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of steps up the chain. ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}). [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-13) 2. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality or lack of power; for example, {C} is compact and {Fortran} is not, but C is more powerful than Fortran. Designs become non-compact through accreting {features} and cruft that don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of {Classic C} maintain that {ANSI C} is no longer compact). (1995-01-13)