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- noun mathematics A
compact topological space .
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Examples
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"A compactum which is entered into through ignorance, or in duresse, is null in the sight of all good moralists," cried the Doctor.
The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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=3 European cranberrybush viburnum Viburnum opulus compactum
HIDING THE A/C UNIT Pooky 2008
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=3 European cranberrybush viburnum Viburnum opulus compactum
Archive 2008-02-01 Pooky 2008
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Ubi pulchram tibiam, bene compactum tenuemque pedem vidi.
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Club wheat is a distinct species, T. compactum, whose proteins form an especially weak gluten.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Club wheat is a distinct species, T. compactum, whose proteins form an especially weak gluten.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Et nonnullis interpositis, Nunc, inquit, ex verbis Caroli foedus firmum inter eum & Offam compactum subijciam.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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_R. compactum_, native of Tartary, another species yielding
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In the back of a powder compactum in her handbag we found a slip of paper with some figures on it.
Traitor's Purse Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1941
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Val had conceded to the not-all-black request in her own way, and carried, instead of the more ordinary enamel compactum, a pochette made from the chased silver binding of an old German missal, with three or four large real violets threaded through its solid clasp.
The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
qroqqa commented on the word compactum
(pl. compacta) a compact metric space
August 27, 2008