Associations to the word «Compactification»

Wiktionary

COMPACTIFICATION, noun. (topology) Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
COMPACTIFICATION, noun. (topology) The space resulting from any such procedure.
COMPACTIFICATION, noun. (physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley