Found 2 items, similar to condense.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: condense condense v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; “water condenses”; “The acid distills at a specific temperature” [syn: distill, distil] 2: make more concise; “condense the contents of a book into a summary” [syn: digest, concentrate] 3: remove water from; “condense the milk” 4: cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; “The cold air condensed the steam” 5: become more compact or concentrated; “Her feelings condensed” 6: develop due to condensation; “All our planets condensed out of the same material” 7: compress or concentrate; “Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan” [syn: concentrate, contract]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Condense 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] Condense \Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.] [1913 Webster] The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 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]