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com·pac·tion

(kəm-păk′shən)

The process of compacting or the state of being compacted.

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Noun	1.	compaction - an increase in the density of something compression, densification, concretion concentration - increase in density
	2.	compaction - the act of crushing crunch, crush compressing, compression - applying pressure pulverisation, pulverization, grind, mill - the act of grinding to a powder or dust

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compactage

compaction

[kəmˈpækʃ^ən] n (= compression) → compactage m

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The soil compaction machines market report delivers vital insights on the supply and demand scenario and product innovations in the soil compaction machines marketplace worldwide.

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Dakota Access Pipeline LLC is funding a five-year Iowa State University research project to study the impact of pipeline construction on crop production and soil compaction. University researchers began collecting initial data last fall on university-owned farmland near Ames on an approximately two-acre site following construction activities for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

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In the Journal of Ecology, lead author Autumn Sabo, plant ecologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her colleagues detail how deer affect forest plant composition by altering facets of the forest environment, including light availability, soil compaction, and the thickness of a particular layer of soil.