con|dense

con|dense
con|dense «kuhn DEHNS», verb, -densed, -dens|ing.
–v.t.
1. to make denser or more compact. SYNONYM(S): compress, contract.
2. to increase the strength of; concentrate: »

Light is condensed by means of lenses.

3. Figurative. to put into fewer words; say briefly: »

A long story can sometimes be condensed into a few sentences.

SYNONYM(S): reduce, shorten.
4. to change (a gas or vapor) to a liquid.
5. Chemistry. to cause to undergo condensation: »

Milk is condensed by removing much of the water from it.

–v.i.
1. to become denser or more compact: »

Each [theory] starts from the notion that stars condense from the matter scattered thinly through interstellar space (W. H. Marshall).

2. to change from a gas or vapor to a liquid. If steam touches cold surfaces, it condenses into water. »

If it is cloudy, rainy, or foggy, the water vapor in the air is condensing (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).

3. Chemistry. to undergo condensation.
╂[< Latin condēnsāre < com- together + dēnsus thick]
–con|den´sa|ble,
–con|den´si|ble, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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