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 progressive loading under several km of geomaterial
Compaction of wires or wire strands to form a wire rope or wire cable
Faecal compaction, an extreme form of constipation
Waste compaction, related to garbage
Cold compaction, powder compaction at low temperatures
Data compaction, related to computers
Curve-fitting compaction
Compactor, a device that performs compaction
Compaction a cellular differentiation process in the early embryo

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