Found 2 items, similar to Condensed.
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: Condensed
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.
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In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton.
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The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid
may be condensed into the usual formula,
dissimulation, procrastination, and again
dissimulation. --Motley.
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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.
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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.
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