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UK
/kəmpˈækʃən/
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NOUN
- an increase in the density of something
- the act of crushing
How To Use compaction In A Sentence
- Generally, surface compaction only affects one crop year if the field is plowed before the next crop.
- Diagnosis of left - ventricular non - compaction in patients with left - ventricular systolic dysfunction a reappraisal of diagnostic criteria?
- The compaction foliation and jointing in the red-gray and reddish ash-flow tuff to the right is roughly parallel to jointing in the granitic rock on the left, and roughly parallel to the contact. Geology on the Road: Highway 50 #1
- Also site prep, that is, excavation and compaction to receive foundations. THE VENDETTA DEFENCE
- In addition, it also resists compaction and promotes decrepitation of the alloy.
- Compaction in sands proceeds by eliminating porosity by mechanical and chemical processes, and then by pressure dissolution.
- The effectiveness of this compactional pump diminished over time as void space in the peat gradually collapsed.
- As a result of the shaly or micritic nature of these formations the decompaction estimates are likely to be minimum estimates, suggesting that subsidence could in fact be considerably greater.
- Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is characterized by a spongy appearance of the heart muscle on echocardiography. Cardiomyopathy
- Rainfall erosivity is the result of the kinetic energy in raindrops striking the soil; the amount of kinetic energy increases with rainfall intensity; it leads to soil compaction and demolition of aggregates. 2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion