Definitions for compaction

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compaction com·pac·tion

Spelling: [kuh m-pak-shuh n, kom-]

IPA: /kəmˈpæk ʃən, kɒm-/

Compaction is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 460 anagrams from letters in compaction (accimnoopt).

Definitions for compaction

noun

1. the act of compacting or the state of being compacted.
2. Geology. the consolidation of sediments resulting from the weight of overlying deposits.

Origin of compaction

1350-1400; Middle English compaccioun Latin compāctiōn- (stem of compāctiō) a joining, frame, equivalent to compāct(us) compact¹ + -iōn- Examples for compaction

Each is drawing toward the other, but like glass in the mid-state between fusion and compaction a single sand will splinter it.

This compaction in love will lead to a wealth of certitude in the possession of the truth.