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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•densed (kən denst′),USA pronunciation adj. - reduced in volume, area, length, or scope;
shortened:a condensed version of the book. - Physicsmade denser, esp. reduced from a gaseous to a liquid state.
- thickened by distillation or evaporation;
concentrated:condensed lemon juice. - Printing(of type) narrow in proportion to its height. Cf. expanded (def. 3).
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see condense, -ed2
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•dense /kənˈdɛns/USA pronunciation v., -densed, -dens•ing. - Physics to make more dense or compact;
reduce (a speech, etc.) to a shorter form:[~ + object]She condensed the half-hour speech to a five-minute version. - Physicsto (cause to) change to a denser form, as by cooling: [no object]The water vapor condensed into droplets.[~ + object]The cold condensed the water vapor into droplets on the glass.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•dense (kən dens′),USA pronunciation v., -densed, -dens•ing. v.t. - Physicsto make more dense or compact;
reduce the volume or extent of;
concentrate. - to reduce to a shorter form;
abridge:Condense your answer into a few words. - Physicsto reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state.
v.i. - to become denser or more compact or concentrated.
- to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form.
- Physicsto become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor:The steam condensed into droplets.
- Latin condēnsāre, equivalent. to con- con- + dēnsāre to thicken, verb, verbal derivative of dēnsus dense
- Middle French condenser
- 1475–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged compress, consolidate.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate. See contract.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expand.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: condense /kənˈdɛns/ vb - (transitive) to increase the density of; compress
- to reduce or be reduced in volume or size; make or become more compact
- to change or cause to change from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
- to undergo or cause to undergo condensation
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin condēnsāre, from dēnsāre to make thick, from dēnsus denseconˈdensable, conˈdensible adj |