Definition of "compact" []

• Closely and firmly united or packed together; dense: compact clusters of flowers. (adjective)
• Occupying little space compared with others of its type: a compact camera; a compact car. (adjective)
• Brief and to the point; concise: a compact narration. (adjective)
• Marked by or having a short solid physique: a wrestler of compact build. (adjective)
• To press or join firmly together: a kitchen device that compacted the trash. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The nominally, but not practically, five-seat Juke is built on the Versa platform and gives new meaning to the word compact when related to CUVs."
• "Kaleidescape has announced a new multi-zone entertainment server in what it calls a compact and affordable package."
• "There are, of course, all sorts of technical constitutional questions about the ability of one Congress to bind another -- I think that the "compact" is probably not binding -- but we're ultimately talking about the proper relationship between the US and what remains the world's largest colony (i.e., a territory held by a national polity that does not give the territory any participation rights in the national polity itself)."