Compaction may refer to: *

Soil compaction In geotechnical engineering, soil compaction is the process in which stress applied to a soil causes densification as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains. When stress is applied that causes densification due to water (or other ...

, for mechanically induced compaction near the ground surface * Compaction of ceramic powders *

Compaction (geology) In sedimentology, compaction is the process by which a sediment progressively loses its porosity due to the effects of pressure from loading. This forms part of the process of lithification. When a layer of sediment is originally deposited, it c ...

, part of the process of lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a sediment by progressive loading under several km of geomaterial *

Waste compaction Waste compaction is the process of compacting waste, reducing it in size. Garbage compactors and waste collection vehicles compress waste so that more of it can be stored in the same space. Waste is compacted again, more thoroughly, at the landfi ...

, related to garbage *

Cold compaction Powder metallurgy (PM) is a term covering a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders. PM processes can reduce or eliminate the need for subtractive processes in manufacturing, lowering material losses and ...

, powder compaction at low temperatures *

Data compaction In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted. ...

, related to computers **

Curve-fitting compaction Curve-fitting compaction is data compaction accomplished by replacing data to be stored or transmitted with an analytical expression. Examples of curve-fitting compaction consisting of discretization and then interpolation are: * Breaking of a co ...

Compactor A compactor is a machine or mechanism used to reduce the size of material such as waste material or bio mass through compaction. A trash compactor is often used by a home or business to reduce the volume of trash it produces. A baler-wrapper comp ...

, a device that performs compaction *

Compaction Compaction may refer to: * Soil compaction, for mechanically induced compaction near the ground surface * Compaction of ceramic powders * Compaction (geology), part of the process of lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a sediment by ...

a cellular differentiation process in the early embryo

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