precompact

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ compact.

Verb

precompact (third-person singular simple present precompacts, present participle precompacting, simple past and past participle precompacted)

  1. To compact partially in preparation for full compaction or extrusion.
    • 1994, T. S. Srivatsan, Karthik Ramani, Mamidala Ramulu, Processing, Design, and Performance of Composite Materials:
      The mixture finally moves to the compaction chamber where the auger motion precompacts the mixture to remove as much void space as possible prior to extrusion through a shaped die.

Adjective

precompact (not comparable)

  1. (topology) Forming a relatively compact subspace; Having a closure that is compact.
  2. (topology) Totally bounded; Having a cover that consists of finitely many finite subsets.