Compact

Com`pact´ Pronunciation: kǒm`păkt´

p. p. & a.	1.	Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. - Peacham.
	2.	Composed or made; - with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. - Milton.
	3.	Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense. Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies. - Sir I. Newton.
	4.	Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
v. t.	1.	To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; - as the parts which compose a body. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compacting.] Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone. - Blackstone.
	2.	To unite or connect firmly, as in a system. The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. - Eph. iv. 16.
n.	1.	An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract. The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc. - Blackstone. Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact. - Macaulay. The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified. - Wharton.

Noun	1.	compact - a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse Synonyms: powder compact
	2.	compact - a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action Synonyms: concordat, covenant
	3.	compact - a small and economical car Synonyms: compact car
Verb	1.	compact - have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" Synonyms: pack
	2.	compact - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" Synonyms: wad, bundle, pack
	3.	compact - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" Synonyms: compress, pack together
	4.	compact - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" Synonyms: constrict, compress, contract, press, squeeze
Adj.	1.	compact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" Antonyms: loose - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
	2.	compact - closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds" Synonyms: dense, thick
	3.	compact - heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" Synonyms: heavyset, stocky, thickset, thick
	4.	compact - briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" Synonyms: compendious, succinct, summary

COMPACT, contracts. In its more general sense, it signifies an agreement. In its strict sense, it imports a contract between parties, which creates obligations and rights capable of being enforced, and contemplated as such between the parties, in their distinct and independent characters. Story, Const. B. 3, c. 3; Rutherf. Inst. B. 2, c. 6, Sec. 1. 2. The constitution of the United States declares that "no state shall, without the consent of congress, enter into agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power." See 11 Pet: 1; 8 Wheat. 1 Bald. R. 60; 11 Pet. 185.

compact - 1. (Or "finite", "isolated") In domain theory, an element d of a cpo D is compact if and only if, for any chain S, a subset of D,

d <= lub S => there exists s in S such that d <= s.

I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of steps up the chain.

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