compact

/kəmˈpækt/ · noun

Meaning

An agreement or contract.
A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
To make more dense; to compress.
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
(of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
(of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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