Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare, from com- + densare to make dense, from densus dense
Pronunciation : k&n-'den(t)s
Function : verb
Date : 15th century
1. make denser, compress; make shorter, abridge; concentrate; reduce from a gas to a liquid. condense\con*dense"\, v. i.
2. to become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of fahrenheit. spencer.
3. (chem.) (a) to combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) to undergo polymerization.condense \con*dense"\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. condensed ; p. pr. & vb. n. condensing.] [l. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. f. condenser. see:
dense, and cf. condensate.].
4. to make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. in what shape they choose, dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. the secret course pursued at brussels and at madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
5. (chem. & physics) to reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
6. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
7. To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
8. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
9. To combine or unite with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
10. To undergo polymerization.
11. Condensed; compact; dense. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed" cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam" remove water from; "condense the milk".
12. 1. If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts. We have learnt how to condense serious messages into short, self-contained sentences.
13. When a gas or vapour condenses, or is condensed, it changes into a liquid. Water vapour condenses to form clouds The compressed gas is cooled and condenses into a liquid.
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