compact substance
1COMPACT, ACTE — adj. Qui est condensé, dont les parties sont fort serrées. Corps compact. Substance compacte. Les métaux les plus compacts sont les plus pesants. Il signifie figurément Qui est pressé, étroitement uni. Une foule compacte. Une masse compacte. Une… …
2compact — compact, e [ kɔ̃pakt ] adj. et n. m. • 1377; lat. compactus « amassé », de compingere 1 ♦ Qui est formé de parties serrées, dont les éléments constitutifs sont très cohérents. ⇒ dense, serré. Bloc, pâté d immeubles compact. Foule compacte. Poudre …
3Substance (album) — Substance Album par New Order Sortie 17 août 1987 Durée 146 min 56 s Genre New Wave Producteur New Order Label …
4compact# — compact adj dense, *close, thick Analogous words: compressed, condensed, contracted (see CONTRACT vb): concentrated, consolidated, compacted (see COM PACT vb): solid, *firm, hard: *tight Contrasted words: ioose, slack: diffuse, prolix, verbose,… …
5Compact theory — is a theory relating to the development of some federal constitutions. Contents 1 Compact theory in the United States 2 Compact theory in Canada 3 See also 4 …
6substance — Stuff; material. SYN: substantia [TA], matter. [L. substantia, essence, material, fr. sub sto, to stand under, be present] alpha s. SYN: reticular s. (1). anterior perforated s. [TA] a region at the base …
7compact bone — ▪ anatomy also called cortical bone dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes (osteocyte), or bone cells. Compact… …
8Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …
9felt — 1. noun /fɛlt/ a) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of …
10paganica — noun a) A Roman ball stuffed with feathers, used in a game that is sometimes considered a precursor to golf (since early golf balls had a similar construction). The folliculus was merely a smaller follis, apparently about the same size as a… …
