[kuh
n-denst] 
| 1. | reduced in volume, area, length, or scope; shortened: a condensed version of the book. |
| 2. | made denser, esp. reduced from a gaseous to a liquid state. |
| 3. | thickened by distillation or evaporation; concentrated: condensed lemon juice. |
| 4. | Printing. (of type) narrow in proportion to its height. Compare expanded (def. 3). |
[kuhn-dens] verb, -densed, -dens⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |