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Compact Cars
Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it may refer to: * Interstate compact * Blood compact, an ancient ritual of the Philippines * Compact government, a type of colonial rule utilized in British North America * Compact of Free Association whereby the sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau have entered into as associated states with the United States. * Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth Colony * United Nations Global Compact * Global Compact for Migration, a UN non-binding intergovernmental agreement Mathematics * Compact element, those elements of a partially ordered set that cannot be subsumed by a supremum of any directed set that does not already contain them * Compact operator, a linear operator that takes bounded subsets to relatively compact subsets, in functional analysis * Compact space, a topological space such th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Car
Compact car is a vehicle size class — predominantly used in North America — that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. "Small family car" is a British term and a part of the C-segment in the European car classification. However, prior to the downsizing of the United States car industry in the 1970s and 1980s, larger vehicles with wheelbases up to were considered "compact cars" in the United States. In Japan, small size passenger vehicle is a registration category that sits between kei cars and regular cars, based on overall size and engine displacement limits. United States Current definition The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ''Fuel Economy Regulations for 1977 and Later Model Year'' (dated July 1996) includes definitions for classes of automobiles. Based on the combined passenger and cargo volume, compact cars are defined as having an ''interior volume index'' of . 1930s to 1950s The beginnings of U.S. production of compact cars we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pact
A pact, from Latin ''pactum'' ("something agreed upon"), is a formal agreement between two or more parties. In international relations, pacts are usually between two or more sovereign states. In domestic politics, pacts are usually between two or more political parties or other organizations. Notable international pacts include: * Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan (1936) * Auto Pact between Canada and the United States (1965) * Bretton Woods System, Bretton Woods Pact made stable financial and commercial relations viable between United States, Canada, Western European countries, Australia, and Japan (after 1944) * Kellogg–Briand Pact, a multilateral treaty against war (1928) * London Debt Agreement between London and Germany was a debt relief pact (1953) * London Pact between Italy and the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia) (1915) * Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939) * Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact (1941) * Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact (American Magazine)
''Compact'' is an American online magazine that began operating in March 2022. The magazine was co-founded by Marxist populist Edwin Aponte, former editor of the conservative ecumenical journal ''First Things'', Matthew Schmitz, and conservative opinion journalist Sohrab Ahmari. ''The New York Times'' describes the magazine's editors as being ideologically diverse, including religiously conservative Catholics, populists and dissident Marxist feminists. The magazine's editorial line is critical of liberalism from both the left and the right. Planning for the launch of the magazine began in 2020 between Ahmari and Schmitz, who later incorporated Aponte on the condition that half of the site's content cover "material concerns". ''Compact'' launched without a paywall for its first few weeks and is now run on a reader-funded model, requiring a paid subscription to access all of the articles on the site. The magazine includes columnists such as Christopher Caldwell, Lee Smith, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Star
In astronomy, the term compact star (or compact object) refers collectively to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. It would grow to include exotic stars if such hypothetical, dense bodies are confirmed to exist. All compact objects have a high mass relative to their radius, giving them a very high density, compared to ordinary atomic matter. Compact stars are often the endpoints of stellar evolution and, in this respect, are also called stellar remnants. The state and type of a stellar remnant depends primarily on the mass of the star that it formed from. The ambiguous term ''compact star'' is often used when the exact nature of the star is not known, but evidence suggests that it has a very small radius compared to ordinary stars. A compact star that is not a black hole may be called a degenerate star. In June 2020, astronomers reported narrowing down the source of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), which may now plausibly include "compact-object mergers and magnetars arising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact (TV Series)
''Compact'' is a British television soap opera shown by BBC Television from January 1962 to July 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling; the partnership devised ''Crossroads'' while ''Compact'' was still running. In contrast to the kitchen sink realism of ''Coronation Street'', ''Compact'' was a distinctly middle-class serial, set in the more "sophisticated" arena of magazine publishing. An early "avarice" soap, it took viewers into the office, and aligned the professional lives of the characters with more personal storylines. The show was scheduled for broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, thus avoiding a clash with ITV's ''Coronation Street'' on Mondays and Wednesdays. Outline and synopsis The idea came to Hazel Adair when she submitted a commissioned feature article for ''Woman's Own''. After the BBC decided to produce the project, she formed a working partnership with Peter Ling. When ''Compact'' began, the editor was female, Joanne Minster (Jean Harvey), s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Software
Compact Software was the first commercially successful microwave computer-aided design (CAD) company. The company was founded in 1973 by Les Besser to commercialize his eponymous program COMPACT (Computerized Optimization of Microwave Passive and Active CircuiTs), released when he was at Farinon Electric Company. History Besser began working on simulators during his employment at HP (1966–1969), using the BASIC computer language and time-sharing computers. After leaving HP, he joined the newly formed microwave division of Fairchild Semiconductor, where he authored his first-generation program, SPEEDY, in 1970 to promote Fairchild's transistors. SPEEDY lacked the optimization feature, represented by the 'O' in the COMPACT acronym, but included a large s-parameter database with the all Fairchild's bipolar and GaAs microwave transistors. Fairchild customers had access to that database through SPEEDY. Besser later converted another program, originally written for his graduate thesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact (cosmetics)
A compact (also powder box, powder case and flapjack) is a cosmetic product. It is usually a small round metal case and contains two or more of the following: a mirror, pressed or loose face powder with a gauze sifter and a powder puff. History Compacts date from the early 1900s, a time when make-up had not gained widespread social acceptance and the first powder cases were often concealed within accessories such as walking sticks, jewellery or hatpins. From 1896, American handbag manufacturer Whiting & Davis created lidded compartments in its bags where powder rouge and combs could be stowed. In 1908, Sears' catalogue advertised a silver-plated case with mirror and powder puff (price 19 cents) and described it as small enough to fit in a handbag. In the US, manufacturers such as Evans and Elgin American produced metal compacts with either finger chains or longer tango chains. Designed to be displayed rather than fitted in a handbag, they required more ornate designs and many f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Sport Utility Vehicle
A compact sport utility vehicle or compact SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles that is larger than mini SUVs, but smaller than mid-size SUVs. However, there is no official definition of the size or dimensions for this market segment. Moreover, some manufacturers have marketed the same model name on different sized vehicles over time. The most common distinction between versions of crossover automobiles and compact-sized SUVs is that the first is based on a car-based unibody platform, while an SUV uses the unibody with welded-in ladder frame or body-on-frame chassis commonly used on trucks. However, manufacturers and common usage has blurred the two terms. Many recent vehicles labelled as compact SUVs are technically compact crossovers and are built on the platform of a compact/C-segment passenger car, while some models may be based on a mid-size car (D-segment) or a B-segment platform. The modern compact SUV market segment began in 1983. According to a Car and Driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact (newspaper)
A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially one in the United Kingdom. The term as used for this size came into use after ''The Independent'' began producing a smaller format edition in 2003 for London's commuters, designed to be easier to read when using mass transit. Readers from other parts of the country liked the new format, and ''The Independent'' introduced it nationally. ''The Times'' and ''The Scotsman'' copied the format as ''The Independent'' increased in sales. ''The Times'' and ''The Scotsman'' are now printed exclusively in compact format following trial periods during which both broadsheet and compact version were produced simultaneously. ''The Independent'' published its last paper edition on 20 March 2016 and now appears online only. See also * Berliner (format) * Broadsheet * List of newspapers * Paper size Paper size standards govern the size of sheets of paper used as writing paper, stationery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact (German Magazine)
''Compact'' (stylized COMPACT, published with the subtitle "Magazine for Sovereignty" ( de , text=Magazin für Souveränität) since October 2013) is a German neo-fascist magazine. Jürgen Elsässer is the editor-in-chief of ''Compact'', and Kai Homilius is the CEO of , the company which publishes ''Compact''. The editorial office is based in a family home in Falkensee in Brandenburg, at the western border of Berlin. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (German: ''Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz'') categorizes the journal as a far-right extremist publication due to consistent Antisemitism, Islamophobia and contempt for the democratic principles of the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 2015, ''Compact'' has presented itself as a mouthpiece of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Islamophobic Pegida movement. In December 2021 ''Compact'' was designated as a proven far-right extremist publication by the Federal Office for the Protecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quasi-compact Morphism
In algebraic geometry, a morphism f: X \to Y between schemes is said to be quasi-compact if ''Y'' can be covered by open affine subschemes V_i such that the pre-images f^(V_i) are quasi-compact (as topological space). If ''f'' is quasi-compact, then the pre-image of a quasi-compact open subscheme (e.g., open affine subscheme) under ''f'' is quasi-compact. It is not enough that ''Y'' admits a covering by quasi-compact open subschemes whose pre-images are quasi-compact. To give an example, let ''A'' be a ring that does not satisfy the ascending chain conditions on radical ideals, and put X = \operatorname A. ''X'' contains an open subset ''U'' that is not quasi-compact. Let ''Y'' be the scheme obtained by gluing two ''Xs along ''U''. ''X'', ''Y'' are both quasi-compact. If f: X \to Y is the inclusion of one of the copies of ''X'', then the pre-image of the other ''X'', open affine in ''Y'', is ''U'', not quasi-compact. Hence, ''f'' is not quasi-compact. A morphism from a quasi-compac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
