compactnessn.

/kəmˈpaktnɪs/

Etymology: Formed as compact adj.¹ + -ness suffix.

a. Compact quality or condition; closeness of component elements or parts, density, solidity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun]

fastness?a1200

spissitudec1440

solidiousness1495

grossness1527

massiveness1530

substantialness1530

substantiality1535

crassness1545

massiness1559

stiffness1577

spissness1598

solidness1600

density1603

solidity1603

crassitude1604

condensity1611

thightness1615

compactedness1644

compactness1646

body1647

crassities1659

denseness1669

tightnessa1728

corporeity1750

substantiability1816

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > smallness or scantiness of extent > compactness

brief1575

compactness1646

snugness1799

compact1817

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 57 By compactnesse or gravity it may acquire the lowest place, and become the center of the universe.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 51 The Degree of the compactness of Ice.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 413 The phalanx..could no longer preserve..the compactness of its mass.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxviii. 352 Giving order and compactness to the materials of our knowledge.

b. Of style: Terseness, pithiness.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun]

fastness?a1200

compendiousness1398

short speaking14..

shortness?c1450

brevity1509

briefness1530

pithiness1557

laconism1570

succinctness1609

parsimony1650

laconicism1656

nexility1656

syntomy1656

conciseness1659

closeness1712

compendiosity1727

pressness1728

abruptness1731

concision1774

laconicalness1830

compactness1841

terseness1864

Spartanhood1880

Spartanism1880

brachylogy1882–3

condensity1885

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 251 The compactness of his aphoristic sentences.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 349 Epigrammatic compactness of phrase.

c. Of sounds: the fact or quality of being compact (cf. compact adj.¹ 4c).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > qualities of speech sounds

strength1550

smoothedness1574

clearness1665

apertion1668

nasality1774

accentuation1806

percussiveness1863

nasalism1876

compactness1930

over-articulation1935

orality1949

1930 E. R. Moul in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XLII. 548 Observe and describe that aspect of the experience which you have called..compactness, depth,..and the like.

1949 Jakobson & Lotz in R. Jakobson Sel. Writings (1962) 427 The saturated vowels are characterized by a compactness of their format-spectrum.

1951 R. Jakobson Sel. Writings (1962) 440 The dichotomy of acuteness and gravity and that of diffuseness and saturation (to avoid the ambiguity of this term, I now prefer compactness, suggested by S. S. Stevens).

1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Analysis 27 In the consonants, compactness is displayed by a predominant formant region, centrally located.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	compactness
释义	compactnessn. /kəmˈpaktnɪs/ Etymology: Formed as compact adj.¹ + -ness suffix. a. Compact quality or condition; closeness of component elements or parts, density, solidity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] fastness?a1200 spissitudec1440 solidiousness1495 grossness1527 massiveness1530 substantialness1530 substantiality1535 crassness1545 massiness1559 stiffness1577 spissness1598 solidness1600 density1603 solidity1603 crassitude1604 condensity1611 thightness1615 compactedness1644 compactness1646 body1647 crassities1659 denseness1669 tightnessa1728 corporeity1750 substantiability1816 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > smallness or scantiness of extent > compactness brief1575 compactness1646 snugness1799 compact1817 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 57 By compactnesse or gravity it may acquire the lowest place, and become the center of the universe. View more context for this quotation 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 51 The Degree of the compactness of Ice. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 413 The phalanx..could no longer preserve..the compactness of its mass. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxviii. 352 Giving order and compactness to the materials of our knowledge. b. Of style: Terseness, pithiness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] fastness?a1200 compendiousness1398 short speaking14.. shortness?c1450 brevity1509 briefness1530 pithiness1557 laconism1570 succinctness1609 parsimony1650 laconicism1656 nexility1656 syntomy1656 conciseness1659 closeness1712 compendiosity1727 pressness1728 abruptness1731 concision1774 laconicalness1830 compactness1841 terseness1864 Spartanhood1880 Spartanism1880 brachylogy1882–3 condensity1885 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 251 The compactness of his aphoristic sentences. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 349 Epigrammatic compactness of phrase. c. Of sounds: the fact or quality of being compact (cf. compact adj.¹ 4c). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > qualities of speech sounds strength1550 smoothedness1574 clearness1665 apertion1668 nasality1774 accentuation1806 percussiveness1863 nasalism1876 compactness1930 over-articulation1935 orality1949 1930 E. R. Moul in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XLII. 548 Observe and describe that aspect of the experience which you have called..compactness, depth,..and the like. 1949 Jakobson & Lotz in R. Jakobson Sel. Writings (1962) 427 The saturated vowels are characterized by a compactness of their format-spectrum. 1951 R. Jakobson Sel. Writings (1962) 440 The dichotomy of acuteness and gravity and that of diffuseness and saturation (to avoid the ambiguity of this term, I now prefer compactness, suggested by S. S. Stevens). 1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Analysis 27 In the consonants, compactness is displayed by a predominant formant region, centrally located. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1646
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