condensed
Use Condensed in a sentence
adjective
1.
reduced in volume, area, length, or scope; shortened: a condensed version of the book.
2.
made denser, especially reduced from a gaseous to a liquid state.
3.
thickened by distillation or evaporation; concentrated: condensed lemon juice.
4.
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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.
Origin:
1475–85; < Middle French condenser < Latin condēnsāre, equivalent to con- con- + dēnsāre to thicken, verbal derivative of dēnsus dense
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, o·ver·con·densed, o·ver·con·dens·ing.
pre·con·dense, verb, pre·con·densed, pre·con·dens·ing.
re·con·dense, verb, re·con·densed, re·con·dens·ing.
un·con·dens·ing, adjective
Antonyms
1. expand.
1. expand.
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condense (kənˈdɛns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 dēnsus | |
| con'densable | |
| —adj | |
| con'densible | |
| —adj | |
| condensa'bility | |
| —n | |
| condensi'bility | |
| —n | |
| condensed (kənˈdɛnst) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare expanded (of printers' type) narrower than usual for a particular height |
| 2. | botany designating an inflorescence in which the flowers are crowded together and are almost or completely sessile |
| 3. | chem Also called: fused designating a polycyclic ring system in a molecule in which two rings share two or more common atoms, as in naphthalene |
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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."
condensed
c.1600, "made more dense," pp. adj. from condense. Of literary works, from 1823. Condensed milk attested by 1863.
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Example sentences
The moon is thought to have condensed rapidly from this ring.
It should be pretty darn pure if it's simply humidity that is condensed.
The two layers of pyramidal cells are condensed into one, and the cells are mostly of large size.
During the night, our breath had condensed, turning the interior of the tent into a freezer in need of defrosting.
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