compaction
noun
- geological process by which a sediment progressively loses its porosity due to the effects of pressure from loading
- act or process of making compact, compressing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpækʃən/ / /kəmˈpɛkʃən/
noun
Etymology: From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.
- The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
“At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.”