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
 * 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