compacted

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The fibers are then compacted even more tightly to fit inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

Fill and soil are compacted onto the slab and topped with several layers of asphalt.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

The soil was so compacted that each time they dug a planting hole, it took an hour to drain.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

These layers of ice, compacted over centuries, perhaps millennia, form an archive of climate indicators, yielding data on past snowfall, temperatures, atmosphere and dust.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

That’s why the nuclei of atoms are so compacted and dense and why elements with big, crowded nuclei tend to be so unstable: the strong force just can’t hold on to all the protons.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson