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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condense \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
condensed
adj 1: (psychology) representing two or more ideas or emotions by a
single symbol; "a condensed expression of various
feelings and ideas"
2: retaining only the most important parts "a condensed book"
3: reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form "condensed
milk"; "concentrated sulfuric acid" [syn: {concentrated}]
[ant: {uncondensed}]
4: of printers' type narrower than usual for a particular
height [ant: {expanded}]
5: used of milk; reduced in volume by having moisture expelled
before canning [syn: {condensed(a)}, {evaporated(a)}]
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