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Definition of σ-compact in English English dictionary: That it is expressible as a countable union of compact sets
compact: To make more dense; to compress
compact: Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space
compact: Such that every exhaustion of it by (overlapping) open balls has the property that some finitely many of those balls will also cover it
compact: A small folding mirror containing powder that fits into a woman's purse or handbag
compact: Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
compact: Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover
compact: An agreement or contract
compact: Closed and bounded
A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.
compact car: A small and economical car
compact discs: plural form of compact disc
compact disk: A form of digital media on a plastic disc read by a laser in a CD drive. It comes in several varieties including CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW
compact disks: plural form of compact disk
compact fluorescent lamp: A type of fluorescent lamp
compact fluorescent lamps: plural form of compact fluorescent lamp
compact neighborhood: Higher-density development in which a variety of land uses are located such that residents and workers are within walking distance of many destinations
compact neighbourhood: Higher-density development in which a variety of land uses are located such that residents and workers are within walking distance of many destinations
compact space: Any topological subset of Euclidean space that is a compact set
compact spaces: plural form of compact space
interstate compact: Any of several agreements, comparable to treaties, between states of the United States
interstate-compact: Attributive form of interstate compact
interstate-compact expert.
locally compact: That for every point of the given topological space, there is a neighborhood of that point whose closure is compact
compact: Having the smallest perimeter Two districts may have the same area but irregular objects will have a longer perimeter than more regular (square or round) objects Tracts are predefined by the Census Bureau and tend to follow irregular geographic or county boundaries The Centroid Proximate method ensures that the district will have the fewest irregularities, and thus be more compact Jump: Geometric Criteria
compact: {a} firm, close, solid, stout, brief, exact
compact: {n} a contract, bargain, set agreement
compact: {v} to join together, to league with
compact: a small and economical car
Compact Disk Read Only Memory: compact disc which can only be read, CD-ROM
Compact Disk Recordable: compact disc which can be written on, CD-R
Mayflower Compact: agreement created in 1620 by the passengers on the Mayflower that established the first local government system in the New World (U.S. History)
Mayflower Compact: (1620) Document signed by 41 male passengers on the Mayflower before landing at Plymouth (Massachusetts). Concerned that some members might leave to form their own colonies, William Bradford and others drafted the compact to bind the group into a political body and pledge members to abide by any laws that would be established. The document adapted a church covenant to a civil situation and was the basis of the colony's government
compact: {s} pressed tightly together; fitted into a small space; dense; condensed; consolidated; concise
compact: Closed and bounded; having a finite subcover for every open cover
compact: Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse
compact: Storage area for less used materials Items in Compact can be retrieved by Circulation staff
compact: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
compact: Attribute associated with definition lists Used when short terms are being defined
compact: a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
compact: To compact something means to press it so that it becomes more solid. The Smith boy was compacting the trash The soil settles and is compacted by the winter rain. = compress. compact disc read only memory compact disc Mayflower Compact
compact: A compact person is small but strong. He was compact, probably no taller than me
compact: Joined or held together; leagued; confederated
compact: A compact cassette, camera, or car is a small type of cassette, camera, or car
compact: See data compaction
compact: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
compact: Force a full garbage collection Sending this method to Smalltalk is deprecated; send it to ObjectMemory instead
compact: Closely packed
compact: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse a small and economical car have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
compact: A contract between states of the union, entered into with the consent of the national government, and in water, defining the relative rights of two or more states on an interstate stream to use the waters of that stream (Rice (1991))
compact: To unite or connect firmly, as in a system
compact: Compacts are contracts among community leaders to work to initiate and sustain local educational reform Compact representatives may include community decisionmakers, school superintendents, college presidents, and heads of business organizations as well as principals, teachers, parents and unions Compacts provide a structure of mutual accountability because all participants agree to work together and separately to support group goals Efforts on the part of compact members may include creating employment opportunities for student, helping to restructure educational systems, and providing local labor market information
compact: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
compact: A contract between states that is ratified by those states' legislatures and by the U S Congress The contract controls the division of water in a river system that flows across state boundaries
compact: A product manufactured by mechanical compression of metal fines or powder into an engineered die to produce a desired shape
compact: {i} pact, agreement; small folding cosmetic mirror; small car
compact: {f} pack tightly together, condense; closely combine, consolidate; form, make up; contract together, form an agreement
compact: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
compact: the portion of the rules (re)writable by in-game characters Each Cycle of Worlorn has a different book; Comedy has the Rules of the Game; History has the Ardouin Grimoire (a commercial gaming system), Dreams has the Book of Ells (L’s or laws, for those of you who care), and the Cycle of Dance has the Book of the New Day Astronomy’s book is lost
compact: Short and dense
compact: have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
compact: An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract
compact: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"
compact: Example of Car: Opel Astra, Covered Hatchback, 4 Seats
compact: Used when a wine is intense, but not full
compact: An object produced by the compression of metal powder, generally while confined in a die, with or without the inclusion of nonmetallic constituents Synonymous with Briquet
compact: A small folding mirror containing powder that fits into a womans purse or handbag
compact: COMmercial Product ACquisition Team
compact: To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; as the parts which compose a body
compact: v to make something smaller by arranging particles in a tighter pattern, reducing among between particles
compact: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
compact: An agreement between states apportioning the water of a river basin to each of the signatory states
compact: Default forum format that will show a brief view of message heirarchy (showing placement of messages and replies) Compact displays show only the Author, Subject, and Date, and a user must select a post to view the actual message
compact: as in "compact experience": perception of reality as composed of aspects not yet distinguished Contrast "differentiated"
compact: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
compact: Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense
compact: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man
compact: (InterChange): to transform the ordered stack of Daedalus InterChange contributions (short files containing the participant's name and response) into a single text file, readable with a conventional word processor; until the InterChange is compacted, the conference consists of a set of proprietarily ordered and formatted files sitting in the InterChange folder on the classroom file server Compacting a conference can effectively stop the InterChange session; in newer versions of Daedalus, only the instructor can compact conferences
compact: approval Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality. my compact office in Washington. the new, more compact Czech government. + compactness com·pact·ness The very compactness of the cottage made it all the more snug and appealing
compact: Composed or made; with of
compact camera: a small camera with a lens that cannot be removed
compact car: {i} small and thrifty car
compact disc: an optical disk, 4 3/4 inches (120 mm ) in diameter, on which program data, music, etc is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set
compact disc: Compact Disc An impact resistant, transparent, polycarbonate plastic disc with a highly reflective vaporized aluminum surface using a digitally quided laser beam
compact disc: A music disc holding stereo audio signals, coded with 44,100 samples/sec x 16 bits x 2 channels yielding a bit rate of 1 4Mbits/sec, a higher bit rate than used by Dolby Digital coding, but the same as the DTS bit rate
compact disc: – Synonym of compact disc read only memory
compact disc: Widely used optical disk format
compact disc: An optical disc on which data is encoded OCLC CatCD for Windows stores the Authority File and subsets of records from WorldCat on compact discs The subsets of records are for subject categories, for example, law or medicine
compact disc: com·pact disc compact discs in AM, also use compact disk Compact discs are small shiny discs that contain music or computer information. The abbreviation CD is also used. CD a small circular piece of hard plastic on which high-quality recorded sound or large quantities of information can be stored. Molded plastic disc containing digital data that is scanned by a laser beam for the reproduction of recorded sound or other information. Since its commercial introduction in 1982, the audio CD has become the dominant format for high-fidelity recorded music. Digital audio data can be converted to analog form to reproduce the original audio signal (see digital-to-analog conversion). Coinvented by Philips Electronics and Sony Corp. in 1980, the compact disc has expanded beyond audio recordings into other storage-and-distribution uses, notably for computers (CD-ROM) and entertainment systems (videodisc and DVD). An audio CD can store just over an hour of music. A CD-ROM can contain up to 680 megabytes of computer data. A DVD, the same size as traditional CDs, is able to store up to 17 gigabytes of data, such as high-definition digital video files
compact disc: A small optical disk with digital audio recorded on it
compact disc: a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
compact disc: This describes the media used by CD-ROM players The data on a compact disc are encoded as a series of dips and raised areas These two states represent binary data the same number system used by microprocessors The CD-ROM player shines a laser beam onto the surface of the disc and measures the light that is reflected back The intensity of the light that is reflected back enables the player to distinguish individual binary digits See CD-ROM
compact disc: an optical storage device capable of holding up to 650 MB
compact disc: small disk used for storing computerized information (i.e. computer programs, music, etc.)
compact disc: An audio disc on which sound is recorded digitally 5 3a, 14 2
compact disc: A thin metal disc used to digitally store data (such as music, images, or programs) for playback See also CD-ROM
compact disc player: a CD player
compact disk: a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
compact disk: small disc used for storing computerized information (i.e. computer programs, music, etc.)
compact-disk burner: recording equipment for making compact disks
verb compact 3: to press something together so that it becomes smaller or more solid