to compactify
- verb
- /kəmˈpæktɪfaɪ/
- Specialized
- To optimize our website, we need to compactify the images so that they load faster for users.
Or if you want to hear the technical term, and I just know you want to, they need to be compactified.
- Or if you want to hear the technical term, and I just know you want to, they need to be compactified.
Examples
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The software was updated to compactify the data files, making them easier to manage.
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You ask why did nature choose to to compactify some dimensions and not others?
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And so this is bad because now when you compactify this Euclidian time, this become a compact direction, this is a circle.
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And, and so I would say that, Jay, your question might be most easily thought of in the concept of compactified dimensions.
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For instance, consider type II string theory compactified on a circle of radius R.
Academic text (2018) -
This can be motivated, for example, by compactifying the theory on a circle with a Wilson line that breaks the gauge group to a product of U(1)s.
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By applying a new algorithm, we can compactify the database, improving its performance and reducing storage needs.
Synonyms
To make something smaller in amount or size
Become less in amount or value
Make something easier to understand or use
To press something so it takes less space
To make something simpler by cutting out details
To join several things into one whole
To fold something so it takes less space
Make something shorter by removing unimportant details
To press something so it becomes smaller and takes less space
To make a list or group smaller by removing items over time
Make something smaller by removing parts you do not need
To make something shorter while keeping the important parts
Make something smaller, like a product or living space
To make something smaller in size or amount
Bend something, like a map or blanket, so it becomes small for storage
Make a system or process work better by removing extra parts
Change lists inside other lists into one list
To press things so they fit more tightly together
To make writing or speech shorter and clearer
To make something more full of buildings, people or material
To reduce something complex to basic features while ignoring important details
To make something smaller so it uses less space or time
To put things together as one group for easier handling
Antonyms
How Compact
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Compactify comes from the common word compact (which means 'close together' or 'small') plus the ending -ify ('make'). Think of packing a suitcase tightly: to compactify data or a space is to 'make it compact' by removing extra parts so it takes less room and works better.