CONDENSE

digest, condense, concentrate

(verb) make more concise; “condense the contents of a book into a summary”

condense, distill, distil

(verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; “water condenses”; “The acid distills at a specific temperature”

condense, concentrate, contract

(verb) compress or concentrate; “Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan”

condense

(verb) develop due to condensation; “All our planets condensed out of the same material”

condense

(verb) become more compact or concentrated; “Her feelings condensed”

condense

(verb) cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; “The cold air condensed the steam”

condense

(verb) remove water from; “condense the milk”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

Synonyms: thicken, simplify, reduce (cooking), Thesaurus:compress

Antonym: dilute

(transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

(intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*dense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.] Etym: [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.]

1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. Motley.

2. (Chem. & Physics)

Definition: To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.

– Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.

Syn.

– To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

Con*dense", v. i.

1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. H. Spencer.

2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization.

Con*dense", a. Etym: [L. condensus.]

Definition: Condensed; compact; dense. [R.] The huge condense bodies of planets. Bentley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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