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compactifying

compactifying is the present participle and gerund of compactify.

Meaning of compactify

Verb

compactify (third-person singular simple present compactifies, present participle compactifying, simple past and past participle compactified)

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

Questions about compactifying

What is compactifying the present participle and gerund of?
Compactifying is the present participle and gerund of compactify.

Words near compactifying in the dictionary

  1. compactification
  2. compactifications
  3. compactified
  4. compactifies
  5. compactify
  6. compactifying
  7. compactin
  8. compacting
  9. compaction
  10. compactional
  11. compactions

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