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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.
Printing. (of type) narrow in proportion to its height. Compare expanded (def. 3).
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Condensed
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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, -densed, -dens·ing.
pre·con·dense, verb, -densed, -dens·ing.
re·con·dense, verb, -densed, -dens·ing.
un·con·dens·ing, adjective
Antonyms
1. expand.
1. expand.
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| 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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