compact

[ˈkɑːmpækt]

Definition:
1. Closely and firmly united or packed together.
2. A small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse.
3. A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.
4. A small and economical car.
5. Have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily.
6. Compress into a wad.

Use 'compact' in a sentence:

1. Their bodies are sleek and compact.
2. The saleslady compacted a neat package out of my wife's purchase.
3. Films and compact discs cost little to transport, even by aeroplane.
4. There are some who prefer the teeniest, most compact gadgets, like those itsy-bitsy cell phones that would get lost in a pocket.
5. Compact trees, bring quick returns.
6. He had a compact and muscular body.
7. The series converges uniformly on compact subsets of the interior of the annulus of convergence.
8. I was simply dazzled by so many compact disks ( cd).
9. All those three books are compacted and compressed into one book.
10. Such compact "muscle" might allow future robots to outrun and outjump humans.
11. The old snow has compacted into the hard-ness of ice.
12. He called for a new fiscal compact, or financial agreement.
13. This relatively low compact structure helps the house withstand the strong winds blowing off the ocean.
14. It was indeed very compact and comfortable.
15. The soil settles and is compacted by the winter rain.
16. Their excellent gas mileage and even their improved interior design notwithstanding, today's compact cars simply fail to provide the feel a traditional motorist yearns for.
17. They made a compact to buy a new air-craft.
18. The Smith boy was compacting the trash.
19. Heat and lack of rain have compacted the soil.
20. With their enormous size and weight, today's farm machines have significant downsides: they compact the soil, reducing porosity and killing beneficial life, meaning crops don't grow so well.
21. What Is the Basis of a New Social Compact?
22. Photos taken by compact cameras are often dark because they're slightly underexposed.
23. A compact Hausdorff space is uniformizable.
24. As tall as Jack, Hensley was thinner, more compact under a perfectly tailored suit and white Egyptian cotton shirt, a tie of cornflower blue.
25. This article is compact and well-organized.
26. The article is compact and well organized.
27. Try to compact the sand into the mold.
28. "The basic compact underlying representative government," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court, "assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns."
29. He looked physically very powerful, athletic in a compact way.
30. Igneous and metamorphic rocks are more compact, commonly crystalline, and rarely contain spaces between grains.
31. The shopping area has a compact layout.
32. It was a compact fluorescent light bulb.
33. The compact core of the atom begins to appear.
34. The kitchen was compact but well equipped.
35. Towns in the Northern colonies were centralized and compact.
36. After users delete messages or empty the trash, they must compact their mail database on the server.
37. The article is compact and carefully constructed.
38. To date, 17 states have joined a compact that will allow a doctor licensed in one member state to quickly obtain a license in another.
39. The compact disc is a miracle of modern technology.
40. The Auto Compact Disc Cleaner can run off batteries or mains.
41. This document is a partially contrived purchase order for a compact disc/tape player from the Aiwa corporation.
42. The gramophone had been eclipsed by new technology such as the compact disc.
43. I know in each compact disc, there is a paragraph.
44. Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.
45. Compact discs have brought about a vast improvement in recorded sound quality.
46. The electronics company Sony has announced the death of the man credited with developing the compact disc, Norio Ohga.
47. The soundtrack of 'Highlander II' will be released on compact disc at Easter.
48. This March, a British and an American company will do battle in the High Court over the right to press compact discs.
49. He took the compact disc from her, then fed it into the player.
50. It is significantly more compact than any comparable laptop, with no loss in functionality.
51. The key consideration is a compact and convenient layout.
52. Within their compact bodies these minute satellites are able to house sensors and communications receivers/transmitters that enable operators to study Earth from space, as well as space around Earth.
53. Pinch out the tips of the young growths to make for compact, bushy plants.
54. He was compact, probably no taller than me.