densify
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densify (third-person singular simple present densifies, present participle densifying, simple past and past participle densified)
- (transitive) To make (more) dense.
- Some space missions cool the propellant to almost freezing to densify it, so they can fit more fuel and oxidizer in the tanks.
- 2018, A Guide to Coordinate Systems in Great Britain, Southampton: Ordnance Survey, page 29:
- This primary control network [of triangulation stations] was densified by the addition of 2,695 secondary control stations, 12,236 tertiary control stations and 7,032 fourth order control stations.
- (intransitive) To become (more) dense.