condense
pronunciation
How to pronounce condense in British English:
UK [kənˈdens]
How to pronounce condense in American English:
US [kənˈdens]
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- Verb:
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- make more concise
- remove water from
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- become more compact or concentrated
- develop due to condensation
- compress or concentrate
Word Origin
- condense (v.)
- early 15c., from Middle French condenser (14c.) or directly from Latin condensare "to make dense," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + densare "make thick," from densus "dense, thick, crowded," a word used of crowds, darkness, clouds, etc. (see dense).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Astronomers know these condense into planets and asteroids .
- 2. Planetary-formation theory holds that worlds condense out of a disc of dust early in a star 's life .
- 3. These paler aerosols , and to some extent the blacker ones too , can provide sites for water to condense .
- 4. The energy is used to heat the brine , partially evaporating it , and to condense the resulting water vapour .
- 5. But that inference would fly in the face of standard cosmology , which assumes that galaxies start to form as cold dark matter starts to condense in massive clumps .