[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compact \com"pact\ ko^m"pa^kt, n. l. compactum, fr.
   compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement with; com-
   + pacisci to make an agreement. see pact.
   an agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
   1913 webster

         the law of nations depends on mutual compacts,
         treaties, leagues, etc.                  --blackstone.
   1913 webster

         wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
                                                  --macaulay.
   1913 webster

         the federal constitution has been styled a compact
         between the states by which it was ratified. --wharton.

   syn: see covenant.
        1913 webster compact disc
see also:
pact covenant 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compact \compact"\ ko^mpa^kt", p. p.  a. l. compactus,
   p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to
   fasten, fix: cf. f. compacte. see pact.
   1. joined or held together; leagued; confederated. obs.
      "compact with her that's gone." --shak.
      1913 webster

            a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.
                                                  --peacham.
      1913 webster

   2. composed or made; -- with of. poetic
      1913 webster

            a wandering fire,
            compact of unctuous vapor.            --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid
      bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
      1913 webster

            glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.
                                                  --sir i.
                                                  newton.
      1913 webster

   4. brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a
      compact discourse.

   syn: firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.
        1913 webster
see also:
pact 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compact \compact"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. compacted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. compacting.
   1. to thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
      firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
      which compose a body.
      1913 webster

            now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
                                                  --blackstone.
      1913 webster

   2. to unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
      1913 webster

            the whole body fitly joined together and compacted
            by that which every joint supplieth.  --eph. iv. 16.
      1913 webster
see also:
compacted compacting 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compact
     adj 1: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact
            soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" ant: loose
     2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
        dense population"; "thick crowds" syn: dense, thick
     3: 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" syn: heavyset,
         stocky, thick, thickset
     4: 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" syn: compendious, succinct, summary
     n 1: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a
          woman's purse syn: powder compact
     2: a signed written agreement between two or more parties
        nations to perform some action syn: covenant, concordat
     3: a small and economical car syn: compact car
     v 1: have the property of being packable or compactable or of
          compacting easily; "this powder compacts easily"; "such
          odd-shaped items do not pack well" syn: pack
     2: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" syn: pack,
        bundle, wad
     3: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
        data" syn: compress, pack together ant: decompress
     4: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
        spasm contracted the muscle" syn: compress, constrict,
         squeeze, contract, press
see also:
loose dense thick heavyset stocky thickset 
compendious succinct summary powder compact covenant 
concordat compact car pack bundle wad 
compress pack together decompress constrict squeeze 
contract press 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

313 moby thesaurus words for "compact":
   spartan, abbreviate, abbreviated, abridged, agree, agree to,
   agreement, airtight, ammunition box, aphoristic, aposiopestic, ark,
   attache case, baby, baby-sized, bandolier, bantam, banty, bargain,
   bargain for, base, billfold, bin, bond, boot, box, brief,
   briefcase, bristling, brusque, bunched, bunker, caisson, canister,
   capsula, capsule, cardcase, carton, casket, cedar chest, chest,
   cigarette case, circumscribe, cist, clamped, clipped, close,
   close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, clown white, coarct,
   coffer, coffin, coincident, cold cream, combine, compact,
   compacted, compendious, comprehensive, compress, compressed,
   concentrate, concentrated, concise, concrete, concurrent, condense,
   condensed, cone, congest, congested, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct,
   consolidate, consolidated, consortium, constrict, constricted,
   constringe, contract, contracted, convention,
   cordial understanding, corporate, cosmetics, covenant, cram,
   crammed, crammed full, cramp, cramped, crate, crawling, crib,
   crisp, crowd, crowded, curt, curtail, curtal, curtate, cut,
   decrease, decurtate, dense, densen, densify, diminutive,
   dispatch box, do a deal, docked, draw, draw in, draw together,
   drugstore complexion, duodecimo, dustproof, dusttight, elliptic,
   engage, entente, entente cordiale, envelope, epigrammatic, etui,
   eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, fast, file, file folder, filing box,
   firm, folio, foundation, foundation cream, full, gasproof,
   gastight, gluey, gnomic, greasepaint, hand cream, hand lotion,
   handy, hard, heavy, hermetic, hermetically sealed, holster,
   hope chest, housewife, hussy, hutch, impenetrable, impermeable,
   inclusive, instantaneous, integrate, jam, jam-packed, jammed,
   joined, joint, kit, knit, knitted, laconic, letter file,
   lightproof, lighttight, lip rouge, lipstick, little, low,
   make a deal, makeup, mascara, massive, meaty, miniature,
   miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minuscule, monstrance, mudpack,
   mutual understanding, nail polish, narrow, nipped, nonporous,
   oilproof, oiltight, ostensorium, packed, packet, packing case,
   pact, paint, pillbox, pinched, pinched-in, pithy, pocket,
   pocket-sized, pod, pointed, pony, populous, portfolio, powder,
   powder box, powder puff, press, promise, pruned, pucker, pucker up,
   puckered, puff, purse, pursed, quiver, rack, rainproof, raintight,
   ram down, reduce, reliquary, reserved, rouge, sarcophagus,
   scabbard, sealed, sententious, serried, set, sheath, short,
   short and sweet, shorten, shortened, shut fast, skippet, small,
   small-scale, smokeproof, smoketight, snuffbox, snug, socket, solid,
   solidified, solidify, spectacle case, squeeze, squeezed, staunch,
   stipulate, stormproof, stormtight, strangle, strangled,
   strangulate, strangulated, subminiature, substantial, succinct,
   summary, swarming, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn, talcum,
   talcum powder, tea chest, teeming, terse, thick, thick-growing,
   thickset, tight, till, tinderbox, to the point, toy, transaction,
   transient, truncated, twelvemo, understanding, undertake, unite,
   vanishing cream, vanity case, vasculum, vest-pocket, viscid,
   viscose, viscous, wallet, war paint, wasp-waisted, water-repellant,
   waterproof, watertight, windproof, windtight, wrinkle, wrinkled

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

compact adj. of a design, describes the valuable property that it can
   all be apprehended at once in one's head. this generally means the thing
   created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer
   errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. compactness does not
   imply triviality or lack of power; for example, c is compact and fortran
   is not, but c is more powerful than fortran. designs become non-compact
   through accreting features and cruft that don't merge cleanly into
   the overall design scheme thus, some fans of classic c maintain that
   ansi c is no longer compact.


see also:
feature cruft classic c 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

compact
     
        1. or "finite", "isolated" in domain theory, an element d
        of a cpo d is compact if and only if, for any chain s, a
        subset of d,
     
        	d <= lub s  =>  there exists s in s such that d <= s.
     
        i.e. you always reach d or better after a finite number of
        steps up the chain.
     
        "<=" is written in latex as \sqsubseteq.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-01-13
     
        2. of a design, describes the valuable property that it can
        all be apprehended at once in one's head.  this generally
        means the thing created from the design can be used with
        greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that
        is not compact.  compactness does not imply triviality or lack
        of power; for example, c is compact and fortran is not,
        but c is more powerful than fortran.  designs become
        non-compact through accreting features and cruft that
        don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme thus, some
        fans of classic c maintain that ansi c is no longer
        compact.
     
        1995-01-13
     
     
see also:
domain theory cpo chain latex \sqsubseteq jargon file 
c fortran features classic c ansi c 

[8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

compact, contracts. in its more general sense, it signifies an agreement. in 
its strict sense, it imports a contract between parties, which creates 
obligations and rights capable of being enforced, and contemplated as such 
between the parties, in their distinct and independent characters. story, 
const. b. 3, c. 3; rutherf. inst. b. 2, c. 6, sec. 1. 2. the constitution of 
the united states declares that "no state shall, without the consent of 
congress, enter into agreement or compact with another state, or with a 
foreign power." see 11 pet: 1; 8 wheat. 1 bald. r. 60; 11 pet. 185. 

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