compaction

noun

com·​pac·​tion kəm-ˈpak-shən 

käm-

: the act or process of compacting : the state of being compacted

Synonyms

• compacting
• compression
• condensation
• condensing
• constricting
• constriction
• contracting
• contraction
• squeeze
• squeezing
• telescoping

Examples of compaction in a Sentence

the compaction of a complex topic into a short article means that a lot of niceties are going to get crushed

Recent Examples on the Web

In the case of the San Francisco Bay Area (specifically, Bay Farm Island, Corte Madera, Foster City and San Rafael), the researchers found that the land is subsiding at a rate of more than 0.4 inch each year as a result of sediment compaction. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025

Avoid working frozen or wet soil, as this damages soil structure and promotes compaction. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025

Unfortunately, many of the techniques and procedures for compaction tend to lose something along the way, namely that the SLM is often less capable than the bigger brethren LLM. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024

Doing so would risk compaction and structural damage, which is hard to come back from. —Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for compaction

• abstraction
• attraction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction
• inaction
• infraction
• olfaction