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compacity

compacity noun: any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.

Noun

compacity (countable and uncountable, plural compacities)

  1. Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.

Forms of compacity

pluralcompacities

Questions about compacity

What does compacity mean?
Compacity means any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
What part of speech is compacity?
Compacity is a noun.
What is the plural of compacity?
The plural of compacity is compacities.

Words near compacity in the dictionary

  1. comp.theorist
  2. comp.theorists
  3. COMPACFLT
  4. COMPACFLTs
  5. compacities
  6. compacity
  7. compact
  8. compact audio cassette
  9. compact audio cassettes
  10. compact camera
  11. compact cameras

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