"compactification" meaning in English

See compactification in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: compactifications [plural]
Etymology: From compact + -ification. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|compact|ification}} 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 Categories (topical): Topology 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 Categories (topical): Topology
    Sense id: en-compactification-en-noun-EV8to5LY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 29 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ification: 29 27 25 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 26 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 25 30 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 25 28 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 27 29 25 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 29 24 19 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
  3. (physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-compactification-en-noun-310mnY1z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 29 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ification: 29 27 25 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 26 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 23 30 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 25 30 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 25 28 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 27 29 25 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 29 24 19 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (physics) The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-compactification-en-noun-NgdsrQ2M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 29 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ification: 29 27 25 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 26 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 25 30 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 25 28 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 27 29 25 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 29 24 19 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beta-compactification, decompactification, Freund-Rubin compactification, Stone-Čech compactification, Wallman compactification

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