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hypercompaction

hypercompaction noun: excessive compaction.

Noun

hypercompaction (uncountable)

  1. Excessive compaction

Origin of hypercompaction

From hyper- + compaction.

Questions about hypercompaction

What does hypercompaction mean?
Hypercompaction means excessive compaction.
What part of speech is hypercompaction?
Hypercompaction is a noun.

Words near hypercompaction in the dictionary

  1. hypercolumnar
  2. hypercolumns
  3. hypercommercialism
  4. hypercommodified
  5. hypercompact
  6. hypercompaction
  7. hypercompensation
  8. hypercompensations
  9. hypercompensatory
  10. hypercompetence
  11. hypercompetent

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