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con·dense 
[kuhn-dens] Pronunciation Key verb, -densed, -dens·ing.
[kuhn-dens] Pronunciation Key verb, -densed, -dens·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without 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. |
| 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') Pronunciation Key
v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v. tr.
v. intr.
[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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| condensing | |
noun | |
| the act of increasing the density of something |
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