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compactability

compactability

7.5
How easily a material can be pressed into a smaller space
  • noun
  • /kəmˌpæktəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : compactabilidad
  • The compactability of the ingredients allows for smaller storage space in the warehouse.

Examples

  • Engineers tested the compactability of the soil to determine the best foundation for the building.

  • Such a lack of results highlights a concern that those mixtures may not fulfill the criteria of self-compactability given by the European guidelines for self-compacting concrete and the interim guidelines for the use of self-consolidating concrete.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The compactability of this new material makes it ideal for efficient packaging.

Synonyms

compressibility
vscompactability
  • Specialized
1 7.4

How much a material becomes smaller when you press it

is the general quality of being able to be made smaller in volume
squeezability
vscompactability
7.2

How easily something becomes smaller when you press it

is the general quality of being able to be made smaller in volume
packability
vscompactability
  • Specialized
7.0

How well a material like powder can be pressed to take up little space

is a broader quality applying to materials that can be made smaller in volume

Surface Forms

compactability singular
compactabilities plural

Morphology

compactability = compactable (transparent) = compact + able + ity

The noun is formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'compactable', a transparently derived adjective from 'compact' + '-able'.

Etymology

Compactability comes from the everyday word compact, which means 'pressed together', plus the ending -ability, which means 'the quality of being able'. So compactability is the quality that lets a material be pressed into a smaller space, like packing clothes tightly into a suitcase.