"compactification" meaning in English

See compactification in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: compactifications [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English compact English -ification English compactification From compact + -ification. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|compact|-ification|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English compact English -ification English compactification From compact + -ification. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} compactification (countable and uncountable, plural compactifications)
  1. (topology) Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (procedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact): kompaktifikation [common-gender] (Danish), uzwarcenie [neuter] (Polish) Translations (topological space enlarged to become compact): kompaktifikation [common-gender] (Danish), þjöppun [feminine] (Icelandic), uzwarcenie [neuter] (Polish)
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  2. (topology) The space resulting from any such procedure. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. (physics) The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beta-compactification, decompactification, Freund-Rubin compactification, Stone-Čech compactification, Wallman compactification

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        "(topology) The space resulting from any such procedure."
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        "(physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite."
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        "The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact."
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        "(physics) The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact."
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "procedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kompaktifikation"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "procedure of enlarging a topological space to make it compact",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "uzwarcenie"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "topological space enlarged to become compact",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kompaktifikation"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "topological space enlarged to become compact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "þjöppun"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "topological space enlarged to become compact",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uzwarcenie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "compactification"
}

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