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condensed adjective [ kənˈdɛnst ]

• made denser or more concise; compressed or concentrated.
• "a condensed version of the report"
• changed from a gas or vapour to a liquid.
• "droplets of condensed moisture"

condense verb

• make (something) denser or more concentrated.
• "the morning play on Saturday was condensed into a half-hour package"
• change or cause to change from a gas or vapour to a liquid.
• "the moisture vapour in the air condenses into droplets of water"
Similar: precipitate, liquefy, become liquid, deliquesce, liquidize,
Opposite: vaporize, gasify,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus ‘very thick’, from con- ‘completely’ + densus ‘dense’.


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