compaction
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.
Noun
editcompaction (countable and uncountable, plural compactions)
- The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480:
- At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editprocess of compacting
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