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[kuhn-dens]

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verb (used with object)

to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.

to reduce to a shorter form; abridge: Condense your answer into a few words.

to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state.

verb (used without object)

to become denser or more compact or concentrated.

to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form.

to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor: The steam condensed into droplets.

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Origin:
1475–85; < Middle French condenser < Latin condēnsāre, equivalent to con- con- + dēnsāre to thicken, verbal derivative of dēnsus dense

Related forms

o·ver·con·dense, verb, -densed, -dens·ing.

pre·con·dense, verb, -densed, -dens·ing.

re·con·dense, verb, -densed, -dens·ing.

un·con·dens·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. compress, consolidate. 2. digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate. See contract.

Antonyms
1. expand.

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Example Sentences

To condense a longer story: one of those flashes apparently was the flash from a red-light camera.

Editors tend to simplify, condense and conflate quotes because they want to save space and/or time.

The energy is used to heat the brine, partially evaporating it, and to condense the resulting water vapour.

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To condense a longer story: one of those flashes apparently was the flash from a red-light camera.

Editors tend to simplify, condense and conflate quotes because they want to save space and/or time.

The energy is used to heat the brine, partially evaporating it, and to condense the resulting water vapour.

They form when humid air cools enough for water vapor to condense into droplets or ice crystals.

The temperature at which the water begins to condense is the dewpoint temperature.

More water droplets condense and freeze on these seeds, forming snow.

The warm air rises and is cooled by the wind, which causes the water vapor in it to condense into clouds.

In that design, when air comes in contact with the conduit, the cold temperature causes water to condense on it.

Parisians tend to condense their work into short periods of time.

Different temperatures cause water vapor to condense and form mist over a lake.

More water in the air would be more water to condense and produce precipitation.

Planets form from disks of swirling material that condense into solid bodies.

Scientists think heat from the probe caused humid air to rise and condense on the cold edge of the craft.

Naturalism tries to condense the scientific spirit into a philosophical theory.

These paler aerosols, and to some extent the blacker ones too, can provide sites for water to condense.

When fusion slows, outbound pressure drops and the star's core begins to condense under gravity-becoming ever denser and hotter.

When these molecules condense to form liquid water again, the energy put into the system must be released.

Under some conditions moisture would condense out of the air into clouds.

In this system there is no need to condense anything.

In time, gravity causes these clouds to condense and collapse in on themselves.

When it reached its boiling point, it will condense.

When you bring it inside a warm house, water will condense on its surface.

Remove and condense the organic matter, called sludge, which settles to the bottom of the tank.

Its small, individual size encourages the fruit to condense and caramelize as it bakes.

Clouds form when water droplets condense around airborne particles, such as dust and sea salt crystals.

They become visible when water droplets pulled from a storm's moist air condense or when dust and debris are taken up.

Also, when rocks sat on the ice, moisture would condense on the surface and penetrate into the granite pores.

Water from the ground and vegetation will condense on the sheet, roll down to the center, and drip into the container.

Solar stills can be used to condense moisture by placing a plastic sheet over a large hole.

It can be difficult to condense all the facets of a particular legal argument to a few points.

They then condense the vapour-a process that requires electricity.

Astronomers believe such rings are destined to condense into planets, comets, and asteroids similar to those in our solar system.

Helium-4 becomes superfluid when pairs of its atoms condense into a coherent quantum state.

Andreas makes good points: the ending of my piece tried to condense four decades into ten sentences, perhaps a little too glibly.

Low pressure causes water to evaporate, not condense as stated in the article.

It allows the water in the system to expand or condense without rupturing the pipes or fittings in the network.

Pollack said, probably drift down in the atmosphere to colder layers, where they evaporate and condense into ices.

The oxidation causes the phenolic compounds to condense into brown spots.

It is useless and truly beside the point, in a book of such compacted sweep, to condense the plot.

Moisture from the air intake may condense in the intercooler.

Inorganic refuse such as metals condense at the bottom and can be used in roadbeds and heavy construction.

Not only were employees concerned about losing their walls, but they also had to drastically condense their files and.

Most of it will condense and fall out as rain and fog along the way and no longer contribute to warming.

Left to its own devices, the brain tends to condense time.

The heat at depth will evaporate the ammonia which will condense on the walls of the tube at the top releasing the heat.

At one memorable moment, the movie manages to condense nearly all of these horrors into a single scene.

She's at her best when she broods, when she allows her earnestness to condense.

The power plant will be dry-cooled, meaning little water will be used to condense the steam back into water for reuse.

It can use thin pipes because easy to condense with little pressure.

I'll condense it while trying to spare you none of the wretched details.

But it was quite a story…and stories greatly condense reality when they're good.

The byproducts condense and drop varnish and other evil chemicals into your oil.

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World English Dictionary

condense (kənˈdɛns)

—vb
1.	(tr) to increase the density of; compress
2.	to reduce or be reduced in volume or size; make or become more compact
3.	to change or cause to change from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
4.	chem to undergo or cause to undergo condensation

[C15: from Latin condēnsāre, from dēnsāre to make thick, from dēnsusdense]

con'densable

—*adj*

con'densible

—*adj*

condensa'bility

—n

condensi'bility

—n

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Word Origin & History

condense

late 15c., from L. condensare "to make dense," from com- intensive prefix + densare "make thick," from densus "dense."

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