n. [ L. compactio. ] The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. impactio a striking : cf. F. impaction. ] 1. (Surg.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pactio: cf. F. paction. See Pact. ] An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]