Usually means: Reduction of volume by pressure.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. compaction: Merriam-Webster
  2. compaction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compaction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compaction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compaction: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compaction, compaction: Wordnik
  7. compaction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. compaction: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. compaction: Dictionary.com
  10. Compaction (geology), Compaction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Compaction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. compaction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. compaction: Rhymezone
  14. Compaction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. compaction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. compaction: FreeDictionary.org
  17. compaction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. compaction: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. compaction: Wiktionary

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. compaction: Legal dictionary
  3. compaction: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compaction: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. compaction: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. compaction: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. compaction: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Compaction: Fiberglass Glossary
  6. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compaction)

noun:  The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.

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