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compactness
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
compactness
1
n
the consistency of a compact solid
2
n
the spatial property of being crowded together
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: compactness
1
n
the consistency of a compact solid
Types:
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denseness
,
density
the amount per unit size
bits per inch
,
bpi
a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
flux
,
flux density
(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
absorbance
,
optical density
,
photographic density
,
transmission density
(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
low density
,
rarity
,
tenuity
a rarified quality
relative density
the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard
Type of:
solidity
,
solidness
the consistency of a solid
2
n
the spatial property of being crowded together
Synonyms:
concentration
,
denseness
,
density
,
tightness
Antonyms:
dispersion
,
distribution
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
Type of:
spacing
,
spatial arrangement
the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
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