Compact
adjective
Small in size but arranged neatly to provide everything that is needed.
She lives in a compact apartment in the city.
Often appears as...
- compact apartment
- compact kitchen
verb
To arrange or press something to take up less space.
You need to compact the trash before throwing it.
Often appears as...
- compact trash
- compact soil
noun
A small case containing a mirror and powder make-up.
She quickly fixed her makeup using her compact.
Often appears as...
- makeup compact
- compact mirror
noun
An agreement or contract between different parties.
The two companies entered into a compact to share resources.
Often appears as...
- legal compact
- compact agreement
adjective
Closely packed; making efficient use of space.
The suitcase was so compact, yet it had space for everything.
Often appears as...
- compact suitcase
- compact space
adjective
Small in size but arranged neatly to provide everything that is needed.
She lives in a compact apartment in the city.
Often appears as...
- compact apartment
- compact kitchen
verb
To arrange or press something to take up less space.
You need to compact the trash before throwing it.
Often appears as...
- compact trash
- compact soil
noun
A small case containing a mirror and powder make-up.
She quickly fixed her makeup using her compact.
Often appears as...
- makeup compact
- compact mirror
noun
An agreement or contract between different parties.
The two companies entered into a compact to share resources.
Often appears as...
- legal compact
- compact agreement
adjective
Closely packed; making efficient use of space.
The suitcase was so compact, yet it had space for everything.
Often appears as...
- compact suitcase
- compact space
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Pro Tip 1/2Efficiency Key
Signifies efficient design, often used for living spaces or gadgets.
Despite its compact size, the camera is powerful.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Small
More than just small, it indicates thoughtful arrangement within limited space.
His study corner is compact but functional.
Pro Tip 1/2Efficiency Key
Signifies efficient design, often used for living spaces or gadgets.
Despite its compact size, the camera is powerful.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Small
More than just small, it indicates thoughtful arrangement within limited space.
His study corner is compact but functional.
Pro Tip 1/2Efficiency Key
Signifies efficient design, often used for living spaces or gadgets.
Despite its compact size, the camera is powerful.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Small
More than just small, it indicates thoughtful arrangement within limited space.
His study corner is compact but functional.
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The history of our world...
than the red areas. These are tiny differences, but it was enough for the universe to move on to the next stage of building complexity. And this is how it works. Gravity is more powerful where there's more stuff. So where you get slightly denser areas, gravity starts compacting clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms.
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Why do honeybees love...
The space efficient comb that is a bee's trademark today, is probably the result of this trial and error, but over long periods of evolutionary history. However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course -- and you'll see the end a beautiful compact honeycomb
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The history of the...
Not only did this allow Torricelli to make the instrument much more compact, it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube
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Three ways the universe...
Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet until everything compressed into such a small space that even atoms and subatomic particles would have to crunch together. The result would be an incredibly dense, hot, compact universe —
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The satisfying math of...
to the microscopic world of our cells. Using principles of origami, medical engineers have re-imagined the traditional stent graft, a tube used to open and support damaged blood vessels. Through tessellation, the rigid tubular structure folds into a compact sheet
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Global Warming 101 PIPE...
extinction although much remains to be learned about global warming many organizations advocate cutting greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the impact of global warming consumers can help by saving energy around the house switching to compact
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Sand: the unseen...
with geo fabrics well now it is when we want soil to be strong we can compact it together and layer in these geo fabrics to help support whatever might be on top of the soil which got me thinking for an outer space right we're traveling to a
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The life cycle of a...
one of the densest known objects in the universe, and a laboratory for the strange physics of supercondensed matter. But what is a neutron star? Think of a compact ball inside of which protons and electrons fuse into neutrons
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Building My First Igloo...
right kind of snow cut from a wind pack snowdrift the best snow is laid down in one single storm it's hard and compact this is an ancient skill which has been
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How to grow a forest in...
so compact, that water cannot seep in. We mix some local biomass available around, which can help soil become more porous. Water can now seep in.
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The history of our world...
than the red areas. These are tiny differences, but it was enough for the universe to move on to the next stage of building complexity. And this is how it works. Gravity is more powerful where there's more stuff. So where you get slightly denser areas, gravity starts compacting clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms.
Video examples
Why do honeybees love...
The space efficient comb that is a bee's trademark today, is probably the result of this trial and error, but over long periods of evolutionary history. However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course -- and you'll see the end a beautiful compact honeycomb
Video examples
The history of the...
Not only did this allow Torricelli to make the instrument much more compact, it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube
Video examples
Three ways the universe...
Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet until everything compressed into such a small space that even atoms and subatomic particles would have to crunch together. The result would be an incredibly dense, hot, compact universe —
Video examples
The satisfying math of...
to the microscopic world of our cells. Using principles of origami, medical engineers have re-imagined the traditional stent graft, a tube used to open and support damaged blood vessels. Through tessellation, the rigid tubular structure folds into a compact sheet
Video examples
Global Warming 101 PIPE...
extinction although much remains to be learned about global warming many organizations advocate cutting greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the impact of global warming consumers can help by saving energy around the house switching to compact
Video examples
Sand: the unseen...
with geo fabrics well now it is when we want soil to be strong we can compact it together and layer in these geo fabrics to help support whatever might be on top of the soil which got me thinking for an outer space right we're traveling to a
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
one of the densest known objects in the universe, and a laboratory for the strange physics of supercondensed matter. But what is a neutron star? Think of a compact ball inside of which protons and electrons fuse into neutrons
Video examples
Building My First Igloo...
right kind of snow cut from a wind pack snowdrift the best snow is laid down in one single storm it's hard and compact this is an ancient skill which has been
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How to grow a forest in...
so compact, that water cannot seep in. We mix some local biomass available around, which can help soil become more porous. Water can now seep in.
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Lee Hall
English Playwright
Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else.
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Dito Montiel
American Author
It's weird: making a movie is like life compacted into three months. You have these very intense relationships with people, and you talk to them every day - your editor, the casting people, music people, your actors - then it ends. It's like a circus life.
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Xavier Woods
American Wrestler
It's a briefcase with my laptop, my DSLR, a microphone, my mouse, and rechargeable batteries. I could set up right here and film an episode if I wanted to. And that's how I like to keep it, small and compact, so I can do it anywhere in the world.
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Oliver Kahn
German Athlete
There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
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Pat Connaughton
American Basketball Player
You look at the body types of some of the strongest people in the world, they're compact. They can move their body weight because there's not as much distance to go.
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John Buchan
Scottish Politician
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
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David Olusoga
British Historian
The emotional compact between football clubs and their supporters is visceral and usually lifelong.
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Edward Felten
American Scientist
I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved.
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Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian Poet
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.
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Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.
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Lee Hall
English Playwright
Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else.
Quote examples
Dito Montiel
American Author
It's weird: making a movie is like life compacted into three months. You have these very intense relationships with people, and you talk to them every day - your editor, the casting people, music people, your actors - then it ends. It's like a circus life.
Quote examples
Xavier Woods
American Wrestler
It's a briefcase with my laptop, my DSLR, a microphone, my mouse, and rechargeable batteries. I could set up right here and film an episode if I wanted to. And that's how I like to keep it, small and compact, so I can do it anywhere in the world.
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Oliver Kahn
German Athlete
There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
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Pat Connaughton
American Basketball Player
You look at the body types of some of the strongest people in the world, they're compact. They can move their body weight because there's not as much distance to go.
Quote examples
John Buchan
Scottish Politician
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
Quote examples
David Olusoga
British Historian
The emotional compact between football clubs and their supporters is visceral and usually lifelong.
Quote examples
Edward Felten
American Scientist
I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved.
Quote examples
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian Poet
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.
Quote examples
Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.
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