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compaction

UK/kəmˈpækʃən/

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New Zealand/kəmˈpɛkʃən/

compaction noun: the process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.

Noun

compaction (countable and uncountable, plural compactions)

  1. 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.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480

compaction meaning in Tamil

compaction in Tamil

இறுக்குதல், இறுகல், கெட்டிப்பு, கெட்டித்தல், திணிப்பு

Examples of compaction in a sentence

  • In sedimentary rocks, the magnetic foliation results from a combination of depositional processes and diagenetic compaction.
  • A footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.
  • Some compaction of sand fills, especially in earthquake regions, is essential to prevent flow slides (Art. 8-11).

All 12 example sentences with compaction

Forms of compaction

pluralcompactions

Origin of compaction

From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.

Words formed from compaction

Questions about compaction

What does compaction mean?
Compaction means the process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
What is compaction in Tamil?
Compaction in Tamil is இறுக்குதல், இறுகல், கெட்டிப்பு. See Compaction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is compaction?
Compaction is a noun.
How do you pronounce compaction?
Compaction is pronounced /kəmˈpækʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of compaction?
The plural of compaction is compactions.

Words near compaction in the dictionary

  1. compactifies
  2. compactify
  3. compactifying
  4. compactin
  5. compacting
  6. compaction
  7. compactional
  8. compactions
  9. compactituberculate
  10. compactivities
  11. compactivity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compaction (page history and authors); compaction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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