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con⋅dense
[kuh
n-dens] 
verb, -densed, -dens⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate. |
| 2. | to reduce to a shorter form; abridge: Condense your answer into a few words. |
| 3. | to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to become denser or more compact or concentrated. |
| 5. | to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form. |
| 6. | to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor: The steam condensed into droplets. |
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| con·dense (kən-děns') v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v. tr.
[Middle English condensen, from Old French condenser, from Latin condēnsāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dēnsāre, to thicken (from dēnsus, thick).] con·dens'a·bil'i·ty n., con·dens'a·ble, con·dens'i·ble adj. |
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Condense
Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.] [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) 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.Condense
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.Condense
Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.] The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley.
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Language Translation for : condense
Spanish:
condensar, resumir,
German:
zusammenfassen,
Japanese:
簡約化する
condense
1477, from L. condensare "to make dense," from com- intensive prefix + densare "make thick," from densus "dense."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: con·dense
Pronunciation: k&n-'den(t)s
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: con·densed; con·dens·ing
transitive senses
: to make denser or more compact; especially : to subject to condensation condense intransitive senses
: to undergocondensation —con·dens·able /-'den(t)-s&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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