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condense

See also: condensé

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kənˈdɛns/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛns

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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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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. […], volume (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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Adjective

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condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

  1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
    • 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
      The huge condense bodies of planets.

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French

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condense

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

Galician

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condense

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

Italian

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Noun

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condense f

  1. plural of condensa

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Latin

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Adjective

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condēnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of condēnsus

Portuguese

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condense

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

Spanish

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condense

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