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Vinony

compactify

verb

  1. to make compact
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin compactumbor. English compact Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English compactify From compact + -ify.

  1. To become compact or more compact.
  2. To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
  3. To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
  4. To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).