Compactification may refer to:
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Compactification (mathematics)
In mathematics, in general topology, compactification is the process or result of making a topological space into a compact space. A compact space is a space in which every open cover of the space contains a finite subcover. The methods of compacti ...
, making a topological space compact
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Compactification (physics)
In theoretical physics, compactification means changing a theory with respect to one of its space-time dimensions. Instead of having a theory with this dimension being infinite, one changes the theory so that this dimension has a finite length, a ...
, the "curling up" of extra dimensions in string theory
See also
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Compaction (disambiguation)
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 ...
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