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condensible

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con⋅den⋅si⋅ble

  [kuhn-den-suh-buhl]
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–adjective
condensable.
Related forms:
con⋅den⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

con⋅den⋅sa⋅ble

  [kuhn-den-suh-buhl]
–adjective
capable of being condensed.
Also, condensible.

Origin:
1635–45; condense + -able

Related forms:
con⋅den⋅sa⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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con·dense   (kən-děns')   
v.   con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es

v.   tr.

  1. To reduce the volume or compass of.

  2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten.

  3. Physics

    1. To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.

    2. To remove water from (milk, for example).

v.   intr.

  1. To become more compact.

  2. To undergo condensation.


[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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