[ UK /kəmpˈækʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an increase in the density of something
  2. the act of crushing
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How To Use compaction In A Sentence

  • Results show that degree of compaction, compaction water content and saturation state of compacted soil have influence on cohesion and angle of friction of clay, thereby on the shear strength of clay.
  • Unsustainable land-use practices can lead to, or exacerbate, various forms of land degradation including wind and soil erosion, soil compaction, waterlogging, salinization and nutrient depletion. Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ land
  • Rocks in intermediate-burial settings experience chemical compaction as well as subsurface cementation and dissolution.
  • Prep your lawn - At the beginning of the season, aerate and dethatch your lawn to relieve soil compaction and remove excess thatch. Baltiblogs
  • This could result from the compaction of curved or partially enrolled individuals, or possibly peri-mortem or post-mortem muscle contraction.
  • We found that most samples exhibited little or no compaction or distortion from pith to bark along the major axis.
  • Bubbles form in compacted glacial ice because the was air between the snow crystals that was trapped during compaction. Man made global warming? No way!
  • The heart with noncompaction can be dilated with decreased pumping function as in dilated cardiomyopathy (see above) or can have normal pumping function. Cardiomyopathy
  • You can reduce this ground compaction and add air to the soil by aerating your entire lawn.
  • I thought while looking at this outcrop the last time I stopped, that there might be some faulting or shearing between the whitish layer and the upper, densest part of the welded tuff the reddish gray, bouldery, hard-looking stuff with possible shearing taken up in part in the brighter reddish zone, in which you can still see some compaction foliation. Geology on the Road: Highway 50 #1
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