Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does close-packed mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word close-packed? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. arranged according to close-packing
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Similar Words
Examples
It is a picturesque leafy enclave threaded by narrow cobbled streets and an ancient tramway, with close-packed houses, early nineteenth-century mansions and walled gardens.
Many young people have also abandoned bicycles and prefer elbowing each other in close-packed buses or subway carriages.
One of the Caltech team's two new chips contains a close-packed array of 1,000 tiny chambers that can each hold 250 trillionths of a liter of fluid.
British Columbia's salmon farmers say lice hasn't been a problem, but local fishermen believe the close-packed Atlantic salmon act as disease and lice hothouses.
The inner core is pure iron in a hexagonal close-packed crystalline form.
See, if I give you lump of quartz or a lump of iron it's close-packed, no spaces between those atoms.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024