compactify

To become compact or more compact.

Verb

  1. To become compact or more compact.
  2. To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
  3. To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
  4. To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

Origin

Etymology tree Latin compactumbor. English compact Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English compactify From compact + -ify.

Forms

compactifies compactifying compactified

Derived

compactifiable decompactify paracompactifying uncompactified