Look up: compaction

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   Compaction
   a state where soil particles are forced closely together, reducing pore space.
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   Compaction
   Often this term comes up when one is talking about new landscaping around a new construction whether it be a private home site, or commercial site. Compaction is created by heavy machinery squeezing the layers of the soil together. It is destructive to the composition and structure of the soil. No longer are there healthy air pockets for roots. The soil is no longer of good texture for planting. Often nutrients are washed away due to poor drainage, or no drainage at all.
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   Compaction
   Reduction of the bulk of solid waste by rolling and tamping.
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   compaction
   [n] - an increase in the density of something
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   Compaction
   When soil is compressed naturally or otherwise to the extent that water cannot drain away or plant roots penetrate. Subsoiling is carried out to alleviate this.
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   compaction
   compression
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   compaction
   reduction of the hollow space volume, for example, in waste as a result of added load Category: Environment • 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 • the artifi...
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   Compaction
   The process of inducing a closer packing of particles in a granular material by rolling or other mechanical means.
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   compaction
   Process that occurs during the morula stage of embryogenesis in which blastomeres increase their cell-cell contact area and develop gap junctions. In mice compaction occurs at the 8 cell stage and after this the developmental fate of each cell becomes restricted.
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    Compaction
    Com·pac'tion noun [ Latin compactio .] The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
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    compaction
    compression 2 concretion noun an increase in the density of something
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    Compaction
    `Compaction` may refer to: * Soil compaction, for mechanically induced compaction near the ground surface * Compaction (geology), part of the process of lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a sediment by progressive loading under several km of geomaterial * Waste compaction, related to garbage * Cold compaction, powder compaction at low temperatures * Data compaction, related to computers ** Curve-fitting compaction * Compactor, a de...
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    compaction
    (kәm-pak´shәn) a complication of labor in twin births in which there is simultaneous full engagement of the leading fetal poles of both twins, so that the true pelvic cavity is filled and further descent is prevented.
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    Compaction
    • (n.) The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
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    compaction
    (from the article `rock`) ...deformation, creep, and recrystallization. (5) Time is an influential factor as well. (6) The rate of loading (i.e., the rate at which stress is ... Large raindrops, up to 6 mm (0.2 inch) in diameter, have terminal velocities of about 10 metres (30 feet) per second and so may cause considerable ... Effici...
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    compaction
    
    1. an increase in the density of something
    2. the act of crushing
    
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    Compaction
    The process whereby the volume of freshly placed mortar or concrete is reduced to the minimum practical space, usually by vibration, centrifugation, tamping, or some combination of these; to mold it within forms or molds and around embedded parts and reinforcement, and to eliminate voids other than entrained air. See also Consolidation.
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