condense

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See also: condensé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈdɛns/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛns

Verb

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

  1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
    Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress
    Antonym: dilute
    An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
      In what shape they choose,
      Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
    • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, , →OCLC:
      The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
  2. (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
  3. (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
    Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.

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Translations

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

  1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
    • 1692, Richard Bentley, (please specify the sermon), London: , published 1692–1693:
      The huge condense bodies of planets.

References

French

Pronunciation

Verb

condense

  1. inflection of condenser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

condense

  1. inflection of condensar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

condense f

  1. plural of condensa

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

condēnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of condēnsus

Portuguese

Verb

condense

  1. inflection of condensar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

condense

  1. inflection of condensar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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