Compaction — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an increase in the density of something

the act of crushing

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˌiːˌɛskˈeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪsɹɪvəɹəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪsɹɪvəɹəns/

3 syllables Say it as /sˌiːˌɛskˈeɪ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

compression crunch concretion densification crush

Word Forms

compact	verb	have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
concrete	verb	form into a solid mass; coalesce
crush	verb	break into small pieces
crunch	verb	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verdichtung

eine Zunahme der Dichte von etwas

🇫🇷French

compactage

une augmentation de la densité de quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

compactación

un aumento en la densidad de algo

🇮🇹Italian

compattazione

un aumento della densità di qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

verdichting

een toename van de dichtheid van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

compactação

um aumento na densidade de algo

🇷🇺Russian

уплотнение

увеличение плотности чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संघनन

किसी चीज के घनत्व में वृद्धि

🇧🇩Bengali

কম্প্যাকশন

কোনো কিছুর ঘনত্ব বৃদ্ধি

🇮🇳Tamil

சுருக்கம்

ஏதோ ஒரு பொருளின் அடர்த்தி அதிகரிப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

సంపీడనం

ఏదో యొక్క సాంద్రత పెరుగుదల

🇮🇳Marathi

कॉम्पॅक्शन

एखाद्या गोष्टीची घनता वाढणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોમ્પેક્શન

કોઈ વસ્તુની ઘનતામાં વધારો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕೋಚನ

ಯಾವುದೋ ಸಾಂದ್ರತೆಯ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോംപാക്ഷൻ

എന്തിൻ്റെയെങ്കിലും സാന്ദ്രതയിലെ വർദ്ധനവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਕੁਚਿਤ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਘਣਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਧਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

کومپیکشن

کسی چیز کی کثافت میں اضافہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

压实

某物密度的增加

🇯🇵Japanese

圧縮

何かの密度の増加

🇰🇷Korean

압축

뭔가의 밀도 증가

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nén chặt

sự gia tăng mật độ của một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การบดอัด

การเพิ่มความหนาแน่นของบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemadatan

peningkatan kepadatan sesuatu

🇲🇾Malay

pemadatan

peningkatan ketumpatan sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الضغط

زيادة في كثافة شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

فشرده سازی

افزایش چگالی چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

sıkıştırma

bir şeyin yoğunluğunun artması

🇮🇱Hebrew

דחיסה

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