compactness
compactness noun: the state of being compact.
Noun
compactness (countable and uncountable, plural compactnesses)
- The state of being compact.
- The Barnes box is a Westinghouse installation and the control console is very similar in style and compactness to the same firm's equipment at St. Pancras.1959 June, “Southern Newsreel: Resignalling at Barnes and Brixton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306
compactness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
compactness in Tamil
- பொதிப்பு, இறுக்கம்
compactness in Urdu
- compactness
- استواری ustuvāri
compactness in Malayalam
- compactness
- വഴക്കം vaḻakkaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- compactness in Punjabi
- ਸੁੰਗੜਤਾ suṅgṛatā
- compactness in Sanskrit
- घनता ghanatā
- compactness in Arabic
- اِكْتِنَاز iktināz, اِلْتِزَاز iltizāz, رَصَافَة raṣāfa, تَرَاصّ tarāṣṣ
Forms of compactness
| plural | compactnesses |
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Origin of compactness
From compact + -ness.
Words formed from compactness
Questions about compactness
- What does compactness mean?
- Compactness means the state of being compact.
- What is compactness in Tamil?
- Compactness in Tamil is பொதிப்பு, இறுக்கம். See Compactness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is compactness?
- Compactness is a noun.
- What is the plural of compactness?
- The plural of compactness is compactnesses.
Words near compactness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compactness (page history and authors); compactness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); استواری (Urdu) (page history and authors); വഴക്കം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); compactness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); घनता (Sanskrit) (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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