compactify
verbEtymology From compact + -ify.
1
Humorous To become compact or more compact.
2
Humorous To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
3
Mathematics, Sciences To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
4
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
- Derived terms
- compactifiable, decompactify, paracompactifying, uncompactified