condense
/kənˈdɛns/ verb, adjective
Forms condenses condensing condensed
- verb (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume. “An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.”
- verb (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- verb (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.”
- adjective (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
Synonyms
thicken simplify reduce astringe compact telescope compactify densitize pack press mash scrunch smush squoosh squash squish squeeze thring thrutch distill distil digest concentrate contract
Antonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
- verb To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
- verb To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
- verb (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
Etymology [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.]
Etymology [L. condensus.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “condense”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details