'Condense' definitions:
Definition of 'condense'
From: WordNet
verb
Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill, distil]
verb
Make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate]
verb
Remove water from; "condense the milk"
verb
Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"
verb
Become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"
verb
Develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
verb
Compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: condense, concentrate, contract]
Definition of 'Condense'
From: GCIDE
- Condense \Con*dense"\, v. i.
- 1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. [1913 Webster]
- Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Condense'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. [1913 Webster]
- In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (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. [1913 Webster]
- Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.
- Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.
- Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Condense'
From: GCIDE
- Condense \Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'condense'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- accelerate,
- aggravate,
- be telegraphic,
- beef up,
- blow up,
- bob,
- boil down,
- brief,
- cake,
- candy,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- circumscribe,
- clip,
- coarct,
- compact,
- complicate,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- concrete,
- congest,
- consolidate,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contract,
- cram,
- cramp,
- crop,
- crowd,
- crystallize,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- decrease,
- deepen,
- densen,
- densify,
- digest,
- distill,
- dock,
- double,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- dribble,
- drip,
- dripple,
- drop,
- elide,
- enhance,
- epitomize,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- filter,
- foreshorten,
- granulate,
- gurgle,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- intensify,
- inventory,
- jam,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- knit,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- magnify,
- make complex,
- minimize,
- mow,
- narrow,
- nip,
- nutshell,
- outline,
- percolate,
- poll,
- pollard,
- press,
- prune,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- purse,
- ram down,
- ramify,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- redouble,
- reduce,
- reinforce,
- retrench,
- seep,
- set,
- sharpen,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- sketch,
- sketch out,
- snub,
- solidify,
- soup up,
- spurtle,
- squeeze,
- step up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- strengthen,
- stunt,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summate,
- sweat,
- synopsize,
- take a set,
- take in,
- telescope,
- thicken,
- trickle,
- trim,
- triple,
- truncate,
- waste no words,
- weep,
- whet,
- wrinkle
Words containing 'Condense'
- Condensability,
- Condensable,
- Condensate,
- Condensated,
- Condensating,
- Condensation,
- Condensative,
- Condensed,
- Condenser,
- Condensible,
- Condensing,
- Achromatic condenser,
- Condensation product,
- Condensed milk,
- Condensing electroscope,
- Condensing engine,
- Ejector condenser,
- Injection condenser,
- Siphon condenser,
- Spray condenser,
- Surface condensation,
- Surface condenser,
- abbe condenser,
- bypass condenser,
- condensation pump,
- condensation trail,
- condenser microphone,
- electrical condenser,
- electrolytic condenser,
- heat of condensation,
- liebig condenser,
- optical condenser,
- reflux condenser,
- Bull's-eye condenser