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Meaning of 'condense' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Condense [ a.]
- Condensed; compact; dense.
2 . Condense [ v. i.]
- To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
- To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
- To undergo polymerization.
3 . Condense [ v. t.]
- To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
- To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.

Meaning of 'condense' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . condense [ v]
Meaning (1):
- develop due to condensation
Example in sentence:
  • All our planets condensed out of the same material
Meaning (2):
- remove water from
Example in sentence:
  • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me;
  • condense the milk
Meaning (3):
- make more concise
Example in sentence:
  • condense the contents of a book into a summary
Meaning (4):
- compress or concentrate
Example in sentence:
  • Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
Meaning (5):
- become more compact or concentrated
Example in sentence:
  • Her feelings condensed
Meaning (6):
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
Example in sentence:
  • The acid distills at a specific temperature;
  • water condenses
Meaning (7):
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • The cold air condensed the steam

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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