Meaning

8 senses
  1. Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.

    компа́ктныйkompáktnyj, пло́тныйplótnyj

    компа́ктнийkompáktnyj

    closely and firmly united or packed together

  2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.

    a compact laptop computer

    компа́ктныйkompáktnyj

    компа́ктнийkompáktnyj

  3. Brief and pithy; not verbose.

    a compact discourse

  4. Of a topological space:

    (not comparable)Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.

    kompakt

  5. (not comparable)Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.

  6. (archaic, not comparable)Agreed, contracted.

  7. (obsolete)Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

  8. (obsolete)Composed or made; with of.

Examples

41 sentences
  1. I'd like to rent a compact car.

    Я хотів би взяти напрокат компактну машину. — deniko

    ruЯ хотел бы одолжить компактную машину. — drnm2

    deIch möchte gern einen Kleinwagen mieten. — al_ex_an_der

  2. I want a compact car with an air conditioner.

    Мені потрібна невелика машина з кондиціонером. — uaspeaker

    ruМне нужна небольшая машина с кондиционером. — las

    deIch möchte ein kompaktes Auto mit Klimaanlage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. She gave me this compact disc.

    ruОна дала мне этот компакт-диск. — Balamax

    deSie gab mir diese CD. — al_ex_an_der

  4. It's compact and lightweight.

    deEs ist kompakt und leicht. — Naina

  5. Generally, a 4WD vehicle gets much worse gas mileage than a compact car.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
closely packed:
Русский
By meaning 1
closely packed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
topological sense:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”). From Middle French compact, from Latin compā

Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).

From Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).

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