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Definitions for: Condense
[v] make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
[v] undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
[v] compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
[v] develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
[v] become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"
[v] cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"
[v] remove water from; "condense the milk"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed,
bright or obscure. --Milton.
The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid
may be condensed into the usual formula,
dissimulation, procrastination, and again
dissimulation. --Motley.
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.
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.
Con*dense", v. i.
1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures,
but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the
zero of Fahrenheit. --H. Spencer.
2. (Chem.)
(a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with
or without separation of some unimportant side
products.
(b) To undergo polymerization.
Con*dense", a. [L. condensus.]
Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]
The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley.
Synonyms: concentrate, distil, distill
See Also: abbreviate, abridge, alter, arise, capsule, capsulise, capsulize, change, change integrity, come up, contract, cut, deepen, encapsulate, flux, foreshorten, intensify, liquefy, liquify, reduce, remove, shorten, take, take away, telescope, withdraw
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