compactness

How To Use compactness In A Sentence

• There are also several well-established neutral districting principles, such as contiguity, compactness, community of interest among those in the district, and adherence to municipal and county lines.
• This way I can remove the navigation bar for extra vertical compactness, which is very important on my eeePC with its 600 pixels vertical. Undefined
• The compactness of the oratory contributed to the reverence and respect which was to be found everywhere.
• The meaning, then, of the Hebrew word rendered firmament is so utterly removed from the notion of compactness, or solidity, or metallic or crystalline spheres, that it is derived from the very opposite; the fineness or tenuity produced by processes of expansion. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity
• The dark compactness of the jungle, the steadfast but disorderly array of the forest, the blotches of verdant grass, the fringe of yellow-flowered hibiscus and the sapful native cabbage, give way in turn to the greys and yellows of the sand in alternate bands. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
• The specialized bearings have the performance of large load rating and compactness.
• Walking downhill to Tbilisi's main thoroughfare, Rustaveli Prospekt (named for Shota Rustaveli, a twelfth-century Georgian poet), I saw flower stalls, dark-haired women in black dresses, and verdant hills in the distance; the countryside is always close by, because of Tbilisi's medieval compactness. Where Europe Vanishes
• Moreover, the compactness of the device's dimensions drove the propellant reaction to complete outside of the rocket, misemploying energy.
• When small atoms bond together through ionic or covalent chemical bonds, the compactness of the bond makes it extremely strong.
• The Supreme Court and lower courts have identified a variety of factors such as compactness, contiguity, respect for political subdivisions, respect for communities of interest, and protection of incumbents (and other political factors), as traditional redistricting principles. Minority Vote Dilution Is Still Illegal