compactification (English, noun)
expansion: compactification (countable and uncountable, plural compactifications)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: The space resulting from any such procedure.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The reduction of the number of large spacetime dimensions of a physical theory by making some of them compact.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: compactifications
tags: plural