Compact

Compact as a general noun can refer to: {{wiktionary}}

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• a diplomatic contract or covenant among parties, sometimes known as a pact, treaty, or an interstate compact;
• a British term for a newspaper format;

In mathematics, it can refer to various concepts:

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• Mostly commonly the term in topology deals with compact spaces and compact sets;
• In propositional and predicate calculus it can refer to the compactness theorem; and
• In order theory and domain theory, the not entirely unrelated notion of a compact element is typically used.

Compact is also the name of a 1960s British soap opera.

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