compaction

From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpækʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛkʃən/

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compaction (countable and uncountable, plural compactions)

1. The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480:

     At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.