Compact vs False - What's the difference?
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Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
* Isaac Newton
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
(mathematics, uncomparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
(topology, uncomparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
(obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
* Shakespeare
* Peacham
(obsolete) Composed or made; with of .
* Milton
A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket.
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
* 2012 , BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16576612]:
To make more dense; to compress.
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To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
* Bible, Eph. iv. 16
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between compact and false
is that compact is closely packed, ie packing much in a small space while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun compact
is an agreement or contract or compact can be a small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket.As a verb compact
is to make more dense; to compress.compact
English
(wikipedia compact)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Synonyms
* agreement, contract, pact, treatyEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies
- a compact laptop computer
- A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.
- a compact discourse
- compact with her that's gone
- a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together
- A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapour.
Synonyms
* (closely packed) concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tightDerived terms
* compact car * compact disc * locally compactNoun
(en noun)- The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.
See also
*Verb
(en verb)- The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.
Synonyms
* (make more dense) compress, condenseAnagrams
* English heteronyms ----false
English
Adjective
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