compaction means the process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.
compaction is pronounced /kəmˈpækʃən/.
Etymology
From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.
noun
- The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.“At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.”