condense

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kənˈdɛns/
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Rhymes: -ɛns

VerbEdit

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress

Antonym: dilute

An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.

Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  In what shape they choose,
  Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
- 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 1138660207:
  The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
(transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
(intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.

Derived termsEdit

condensing locomotive

Related termsEdit

condensation

TranslationsEdit

to concentrate toward the essence

Bulgarian: сгъстявам (bg) (sgǎstjavam), концентрирам (bg) (koncentriram)
Catalan: condensar (ca)
Dutch: verdichten (nl)
Finnish: tiivistää (fi)
French: condenser (fr)
Galician: condensar
German: kondensieren (de), verkleinern (de)
Greek: συμπυκνώνω (el) (sympyknóno)
Italian: condensare (it)
Japanese: 濃縮する (ja) (nōshuku suru), 凝縮する (ja) (gyōshuku suru)
Latin: condēnsō
Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) impf (sguščátʹ), сгусти́ть (ru) pf (sgustítʹ)
Spanish: condensar (es)
Turkish: yoğuşmak (tr)
Ukrainian: конденсува́ти impf or pf (kondensuváty), згу́щувати impf (zhúščuvaty), згуща́ти impf (zhuščáty), згусти́ти pf (zhustýty)

to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state

Bulgarian: втечнявам (bg) (vtečnjavam)
Catalan: condensar (ca)
Dutch: condenseren (nl), neerslaan (nl)
Finnish: tiivistää (fi), kondensoida
French: condenser (fr)
Galician: condensar
German: kondensieren (de)
Interlingua: condensar
Irish: comhdhlúthaigh
Italian: condensare (it)
Japanese: 液化する (ja) (ekika suru)
Portuguese: condensar (pt)
Romanian: condensa (ro)
Russian: конденси́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kondensírovatʹ)
Spanish: condensar (es)
Swedish: kondensera (sv)
Tagalog: kintayin, kumintay
Thai: ควบแน่น (th) (kûuap-nɛ̂n)
Ukrainian: конденсува́ти impf or pf (kondensuváty)

to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state

Bulgarian: втечнявам се (vtečnjavam se)
Catalan: condensar-se
Dutch: condenseren (nl), neerslaan (nl)
Finnish: tiivistyä (fi), kondensoitua
French: se condenser
Galician: condensarse
German: kondensieren (de)
Interlingua: condensar
Irish: comhdhlúthaigh
Italian: condensarsi
Japanese: 液化する (ja) (ekika suru)
Maori: whakatōtā
Portuguese: condensar-se
Russian: конденси́роваться (ru) impf or pf (kondensírovatʹsja)
Spanish: condensarse
Swedish: kondensera (sv)
Tagalog: kintayin
Thai: ควบแน่น (th) (kûuap-nɛ̂n)
Ukrainian: конденсува́тися impf or pf (kondensuvátysja)

AdjectiveEdit

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
  The huge condense bodies of planets.