compactification

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noun
Definitions
  • (topology) Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
  • (topology) The space resulting from any such procedure.
  • (physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite

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Suffix from English compact.

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compact

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