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2 definitions found 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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