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compaction: reduction of the hollow space volume, for example, in waste as a result of added load
Category: Environment

compaction: compaction involves the close-packing of the individual grains mainly by the elimination of pore-space and expulsion of entrapped water; this is normally brought about by the weight of t he overlying sediments
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

compaction: the artificial increase of the dry density of a granular soil by mechanical means such as rolling the surface layers,or for deep compaction driving sand piles,vibroflotation,or impact methods
Category: Building industry

compaction: increasing the dry density of a granular material,particularly soil,by means such as impact or by rolling the surface layers
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

compaction: a series of techniques used for the reduction of space,bandwidth,cost,transmission,generating time,and the storage of data
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

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