"compaction" meaning in All languages combined

See compaction on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: compactions [plural]
Etymology: From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|compaction}} Old French compaction, {{der|en|la|compactionem}} Latin compactionem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} compaction (countable and uncountable, plural compactions)
  1. The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted. Wikipedia link: compaction Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of compacting): 壓實 (Chinese Mandarin), 压实 (yāshí) [geology, geography, natural-sciences] (Chinese Mandarin), 圧密 (atsumitsu) (alt: あつみつ) [geology, geography, natural-sciences] (Japanese), kompaktering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kompaktering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), compactación [feminine] [geology, geography, natural-sciences] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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